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Social Protection Responses to the Global Economic Crisis in ECA

dc.contributor.author Lindert, Kathy
dc.contributor.author Schwarz, Anita
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-13T10:52:33Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-13T10:52:33Z
dc.date.issued 2009-03
dc.description.abstract Besides affecting the private sector, the current global economic downturn will likely have a far-reaching impact on government revenues around the world. As country budgets are squeezed tight, social programs which directly help poor and vulnerable people will become pressure points for reducing government spending. In many countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA), two years of rising food prices, high energy costs and the global economic downturn have combined with other shocks like natural disasters and political instability. The impacts of these crises could reduce government revenues and affect social spending and pension systems, even as the need for unemployment and benefits increases. In the short run, ECA countries may call on the World Bank to provide financial or technical support to help with the immediate impacts of the crises. Rapid support could include: (a) helping countries finance temporary scaling-up of well-targeted safety nets, either in beneficiary coverage or with a topping-up of benefits values; and (b) supporting actions to protect the budgets of well-targeted programs and other crucial spending on education and health. Governments and the Bank need to be prepared to respond more adeptly in the future; safety nets are important not only in times of crises but, in the long-run, they help to protect the poor and allow governments to avoid other, more costly or inefficient policies. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/03/11672153/social-protection-responses-global-economic-crisis-eca
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10258
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Europe and Central Asia Knowledge Brief; Volume No. 1
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject AGING POPULATIONS
dc.subject ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
dc.subject BENEFICIARY
dc.subject BENEFIT SCHEMES
dc.subject CASH TRANSFER
dc.subject CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
dc.subject CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subject CHILD ALLOWANCES
dc.subject CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject CHILD LABOR
dc.subject CONDITIONAL CASH
dc.subject DEFICITS
dc.subject DEFINED BENEFIT
dc.subject DEFINED BENEFIT SCHEMES
dc.subject ECONOMIC CRISIS
dc.subject ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
dc.subject ECONOMIC SHOCKS
dc.subject ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
dc.subject EXPOSURE
dc.subject FAMILY ALLOWANCES
dc.subject FAMILY BENEFIT
dc.subject FINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subject FINANCIAL MARKET
dc.subject FINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subject FISCAL EFFORT
dc.subject FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject FOOD PRICES
dc.subject FUNDED PENSION
dc.subject FUNDED PENSION SYSTEMS
dc.subject FUNDED SYSTEMS
dc.subject GOVERNMENT REVENUES
dc.subject GOVERNMENT SPENDING
dc.subject HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject HOUSING ALLOWANCES
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOMES
dc.subject INFLATION
dc.subject INFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject MARKET RISK
dc.subject MEANS TESTING
dc.subject MINIMUM INCOME
dc.subject NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject PENSION
dc.subject PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS
dc.subject PENSION FUNDS
dc.subject PENSION PROGRAMS
dc.subject PENSION REFORMS
dc.subject PENSION SAVINGS
dc.subject PENSION SCHEMES
dc.subject PENSION SYSTEM
dc.subject PENSION SYSTEMS
dc.subject PENSIONERS
dc.subject PENSIONS
dc.subject PHYSICAL ASSETS
dc.subject POOR
dc.subject PORTFOLIOS
dc.subject POVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subject PRIVATE PENSION
dc.subject PRIVATE PENSIONS
dc.subject PUBLIC PENSION
dc.subject PUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subject PUBLIC WORKS
dc.subject REGISTRATION PROCESS
dc.subject REMITTANCES
dc.subject RESPONSE TO CRISES
dc.subject RETIREMENT
dc.subject RETIREMENT AGE
dc.subject RETIREMENT PERIOD
dc.subject SAFETY
dc.subject SAFETY NET
dc.subject SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
dc.subject SAFETY NET SYSTEMS
dc.subject SAFETY NETS
dc.subject SAVINGS
dc.subject SAVINGS SCHEMES
dc.subject SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject SOCIAL BENEFITS
dc.subject SOCIAL INSURANCE
dc.subject SOCIAL PENSIONS
dc.subject SOCIAL PROGRAMS
dc.subject SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subject SOCIAL SCHEMES
dc.subject SOCIAL SPENDING
dc.subject SSN
dc.subject SUPPORT TO FAMILIES
dc.subject TARGETING
dc.subject TARGETING MECHANISMS
dc.subject TRACK RECORDS
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
dc.subject VALUE OF ASSETS
dc.subject VOLUNTARY PENSION
dc.subject VULNERABLE PEOPLE
dc.subject WAGES
dc.subject WAR
dc.subject WORK PROGRAM
dc.subject YOUNGER WORKERS
dc.title Social Protection Responses to the Global Economic Crisis in ECA en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Jobs
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/03/11672153/social-protection-responses-global-economic-crisis-eca
okr.globalpractice Social Protection and Labor
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333038_20100120000413
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 11672153
okr.identifier.report 52679
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/01/20/000333038_20100120000413/Rendered/PDF/526790BRI0ECA010Box345566B01PUBLIC1.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Europe and Central Asia
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.topic Pensions and Retirement Systems
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Policies
okr.topic Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Debt Markets
okr.topic Private Sector Development :: Emerging Markets
okr.unit Office of the Regional Vice Pres (ECAVP)
okr.unit Social Protection (ECSH3)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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