World Bank2012-06-112012-06-112007-09-25https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7693The report argues that the Peru's Social Safety Net (SSN) reform process needs to be anchored to a coherent national social safety net and poverty reduction strategy. The report suggests that the SSN interventions should be differentiated, as appropriate, between the urban and rural parts of Peru. For instance, workfare programs to deal with cyclical unemployment only make sense in urban areas; and a nationally-led small-scale infrastructure program (such as FONCODES) only makes sense for rural areas. The Report also argues that the implementation arrangements for the SSN strategy should be differentiated for rural and urban areas, due the differences in capacity between the municipal administrations in the major cities and the rest of the country. In the 30 biggest cities, SSN programs should be decentralized, to ensure better responsiveness to local needs and improved transparency. In the rest of the country, for the foreseeable future, strong national agencies will be needed to ensure that SSN programs are effective, but they should work with local governments, as appropriate. The present report provides an in-depth assessment of ways in which Peru's social safety net could be made better targeted and more effective. This complements the 2005 Poverty Assessment which estimated the potential impact on poverty levels of a broad set of policies, including a more efficient social safety net, but also including adequate taxation policies and well-targeted, effective programs in health, education, basic infrastructure and utility services.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADMINISTRATIVE COSTSAGRICULTURAL SECTORASSISTANCE PROGRAMSATTENDANCE RATESBASIC INFRASTRUCTUREBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARYBENEFICIARY FAMILIESBENEFIT LEVELBENEFIT LEVELSBENEFIT PACKAGECASH BENEFITSCASH TRANSFERCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCASH TRANSFERSCHILD GROWTHCHILD LABORCHILD MORTALITYCHRONIC MALNUTRITIONCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTCONDITIONAL CASHCONSUMPTION PER CAPITACONSUMPTION POVERTYCONTRIBUTORY PENSIONSCOPING STRATEGIESCROP INSURANCECROWDING OUTDAY CAREDIRECT TRANSFERSDONOR FUNDINGDROUGHTDURABLE ASSETSECONOMIC CRISESECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC DOWNTURNSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC RECESSIONELDERLY PEOPLEELIGIBILITY CRITERIAELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIESEMPLOYMENT CREATIONEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIESEXTREME POOR HOUSEHOLDSEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME POVERTY LINEEXTREME POVERTY LINESEXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDSEXTREMELY POOR PEOPLEFAMILIES WITH CHILDRENFAMINEFARMERSFEE WAIVERSFEEDING PROGRAMSFOOD ASSISTANCEFOOD DISTRIBUTIONFOOD PROGRAMFOOD PROGRAMSFOOD RATIONSFOOD SUPPLEMENTFOOD TRANSFERFOOD TRANSFERSFUTURE EARNINGSGLOBAL FINANCIAL RISKSHEALTH CARE SERVICESHEALTH CENTERHEALTH SERVICESHEIGHT FOR AGEHEIGHT-FOR-AGEHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDRENHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTHUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTILLITERACYIMPACT ON POVERTYINCOMEINCOME GAINSINCOME INSECURITYINCOME POVERTYINCOME QUINTILEINEQUALITYINFANT MORTALITYINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINSURANCE MARKETSINSURANCE PROTECTIONINTERNATIONAL DONORSIRRIGATIONLABOR SUPPLYLIMITED ACCESSLOW WAGESMALNUTRITIONMARKET WAGEMATERIAL POVERTYMEANS TESTMILKMINIMUM WAGEMUNICIPAL CAPACITYMUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL POVERTYNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTNUTRITION OUTCOMESNUTRITION PROGRAMNUTRITIONAL PROGRAMSOLD AGEPENSIONPENSIONSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOORPOOR AREASPOOR CHILDRENPOOR COMMUNITIESPOOR DISTRICTSPOOR FAMILIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOOR RURAL COMMUNITIESPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MAPPOVERTY MAPSPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION IMPACTPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY STATUSPREVENTIVE HEALTHPROGRAM ELIGIBILITYPROTECTION POLICYPUBLIC PENSIONPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC SUBSIDIESPUBLIC TRANSFERSPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSQUALITATIVE DATARECESSIONSRECIPROCITYREDUCTION IN POVERTYREFORM PROCESSRURALRURAL AREARURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL DISTRICTSRURAL ECONOMYRURAL GIRLSRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY LEVELSRURAL ROADSRURAL STRATEGYRURAL WORKFORCESAFETY NET PROGRAMSSANITATIONSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL BREAKFASTSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL FEEDINGSCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMSSCHOOL VOUCHERSSERVICE PROVIDERSSHOCKSMALL-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURESMALL-SCALE IRRIGATIONSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL FUNDSOCIAL FUNDSSOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURESOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROGRAMSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDINGSOCIAL SAFETY NETSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL SPENDINGSSNSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSUPPORT PROGRAMTARGETINGTARGETING MECHANISMSTAXATIONTEMPORARY EMPLOYMENTTEMPORARY UNEMPLOYMENTTRANSFER PROGRAMTRANSFER PROGRAMSUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCEUNSKILLED LABORUNSKILLED WORKERSVEGETABLESVULNERABLE GROUPVULNERABLE GROUPSWAGE BILLWAGE GROWTHWAGE RATEWORKFAREWorld Bank10.1596/7693