World Bank2014-08-252014-08-252007-01-16https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19638This report reviews Sri Lanka's social protection programs and proposes strategic options for enhancing their role in promoting growth with equity. Well designed social protection (SP) systems can help address poverty and inequality through redistribution, and mitigate risks and facilitate employment opportunities, thus contributing to both growth and equity goals. The report first identifies the poor and vulnerable (chapter 1) and then reviews and evaluates employment protection and promotion policies and programs (chapter 2), social security/insurance schemes (chapter 3), and safety net programs (chapter 4) and proposes policy options The concluding chapter summarizes key analytical findings and presents a unified policy framework to improve social protection. The report relies mainly on extensive existing literature from Sri Lankan and international researchers. The remaining part of this section summarizes the main issues and policy options.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACTIVE LABORACTIVE LABOR MARKETACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMSADMINISTRATIVE COSTSAGE GROUPAGINGAGING POPULATIONSBASIC NUTRITIONBENEFICIARIESBENEFIT LEVELSBENEFIT PACKAGECASH BENEFITCASH TRANSFERCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCASH TRANSFERSCHILD LABORCHRONIC POVERTYCIVIL CONFLICTCOLLECTIVE BARGAININGCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCONDITIONAL CASHCONFLICTCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCONSUMPTION SMOOTHINGCONTRIBUTORY PENSIONSCORE LABOR STANDARDSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISABILITYDISABILITY ALLOWANCEDISABILITY INSURANCEDISABILITY PAYMENTSDISASTER RELIEFDISCRIMINATORY PRACTICESDISPLACEMENTDROUGHTDRUG ABUSEEARTHQUAKEECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITYEDUCATION SYSTEMSELDERLYELIGIBILITY CRITERIAEMERGENCIESEMPLOYABILITYEMPLOYMENT GROWTHEMPLOYMENT IMPACTEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATIONEQUITY GOALSFINANCIAL CAPACITYFISCAL CONSTRAINTSFOOD ASSISTANCEFOOD EXPENDITUREFORMAL INCOMEGENDER DISCRIMINATIONGENDER PARITYHEALTH CAREHEALTH INSURANCEHIGH UNEMPLOYMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENTILL HEALTHINCOMEINCOME LOSSINCOME RISKSINCOME SHOCKSINCOME SUPPORTINCOME SUPPORT SYSTEMINCOME SUPPORT SYSTEMSINCOME TRANSFERINCOME TRANSFERSINDIVIDUAL RISKSINDUSTRIAL RELATIONSINEQUALITYINEQUITIESINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATESINFORMAL EMPLOYMENTINFORMAL SECTORINFORMAL SECTOR WORKERSINFORMAL SUPPORTINFORMAL WORKERSINFORMATION SYSTEMSINJURIESINSURANCE PROGRAMINSURANCE SCHEMESJOB COUNSELINGJOB CREATIONJOB DESTRUCTIONJOB DESTRUCTION RATEJOB SECURITYJOB-SEEKERSJOBSLABOR COSTSLABOR DEMANDLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR LEGISLATIONLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONSLABOR MARKET OUTCOMESLABOR MARKET PROGRAMSLABOR MARKET RIGIDITIESLABOR MOBILITYLABOR REDEPLOYMENTLABOR STANDARDSLABOR SUPPLYLARGE FAMILIESLATIN AMERICANLAYOFFLEGAL RIGHTSLIMITED ACCESSMALNOURISHED CHILDRENMALNUTRITIONMARKET FAILURESMEANS TESTMIGRATIONMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINIMUM WAGESNATIONAL ACTIONNATURAL DISASTERSNON-WAGE COSTSOCCUPATIONSOLD AGEPARTICIPATION RATEPASSIVE LABORPASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMPASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMSPAYING JOBSPENSIONPENSIONSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPERMANENT SETTLEMENTPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOORPOOR FAMILIESPOORER PEOPLEPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR JOBSPRIVATE SECTOR WORKERSPRODUCTIVITY GAINSPROGRAM COVERAGEPROGRESSPROTECTION SYSTEMPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTOR WORKERSPUBLIC WORKSQUALITY EDUCATIONREHABILITATION ASSISTANCEREMITTANCESREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INDICATORSRESPECTRETIREMENTRISK MANAGEMENTRURAL AREASSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAVINGSSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL CHILDRENSECONDARY EDUCATIONSERVANTSSERVICE EMPLOYMENTSEVERANCE PAYSEVERANCE PAY SYSTEMSSHOCKSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL NETWORKSSOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL RISKSOCIAL RISKSSOCIAL SAFETY NETSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL WELFARESOUTH ASIANSTREET CHILDRENSUPPORT NETWORKSSUPPORT SYSTEMTARGETINGTAX EXEMPTIONTRADE UNIONSTRAINING PROGRAMSTRANSFER PROGRAMTRANSFER PROGRAMSUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYED YOUTHUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCEUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMSUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEMUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNFUNDED LIABILITYUNIVERSAL HEALTHUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONURBANIZATIONVOLUNTARY SECTORVULNERABILITYVULNERABLE GROUPSWAGE PREMIUMWAGE SUBSIDIESWELFARE BENEFITSWORK INCENTIVESWORKERWORKFAREWORKFORCE10.1596/19638