Publication: Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India: Schemes to Systems - Lessons from Social Protection in India
Date
2019
ISSN
Published
2019
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The changing nature of work is upending
traditional employment globally, and with it, social
protection systems. As countries like India aspire to grow
further and navigate a phase of rapid economic
transformation, investments in social protection programs
are critical to ensure broad gains for societies in general,
and the poorest in particular. The series of articles take
stock of India’s major social protection programs, including
pension programs, health insurance, the public distribution
system, and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme. The latter two are among the largest
anti-poverty measures in India and indeed the world, while
the former are relatively new instruments for unorganized
workers. However, these programs are important for India’s
future social policy architecture as they attempt to de-link
social security benefits from a person’s place of work. The
final two articles draw on experiences from the past decade
to highlight how best to use information technology to
strengthen the capability of governments to design and
implement social protection programs.
Citation
“World Bank. 2019. Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India; Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India : Schemes to Systems - Lessons from Social Protection in India. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33918 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”