World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192011-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2746India's surge in growth and rapid expansion in public spending in the past decade has created new possibilities for its social protection system. The growing importance of social protection (SP) is reflected in the Government of India (GoI) common minimum program and eleventh five year plan which commit to institutionalization of programs as legal rights (as in the case of public works, through the national rural employment guarantee act), continued up-scaling of interventions (e.g., social pensions and midday meals), and proposals to expand new types of SP interventions to the large unorganized sector (e.g., social security). The report draws on existing and new data sources,. including analysis of: (i) administrative data; (ii) several rounds of the National Sample Survey (NSS) data; (iii) a social protection survey (SPS) undertaken for this report in 2006 in rural areas of Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka; (iv) dedicated surveys on social pensions in Karnataka (KSPS) and Rajasthan (RSPS) in 2005 and 2006 respectively; and (v) a living standards survey conducted in Jharkhand in 2005 (JLSS). In addition, the report incorporates a rich body of secondary sources on SP program performance and impact by national researchers and government agencies.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMSAGENCY EMPLOYEESALLOCATIONALLOCATION OF RESOURCESANTI-POVERTYANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMSANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMSARID TROPICSASSISTANCE PROGRAMSAUDITOR GENERALBASIC SOCIAL SERVICESBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARYBLOCK GRANTBUDGET DATABUDGET DOCUMENTSCASH BENEFITSCASH TRANSFERCASH TRANSFERSCENTRAL FUNDSCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCHILD DEVELOPMENTCHRONIC POVERTYCHRONICALLY POORCOMMUNITY ACTIONCOMMUNITY GROUPSCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCONDITIONAL CASHCOST EFFECTIVENESSCREDIT SCHEMEDECENTRALIZATIONDECENTRALIZATION OF SERVICE DELIVERYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISABILITYDISSEMINATIONECONOMIES OF SCALEEFFICIENCY DIVIDENDSEFFICIENCY GAINSELDERLYEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEEEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEMEEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMSENTITLEMENTSEXPENDITURE PRIORITIESFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFISCAL CAPACITYFLEXIBILITYFOOD COUPONSFOOD DEFICITFOOD PROGRAMFOOD PROGRAMSFOOD SECURITYFOOD SHORTAGESGEOGRAPHIC TARGETINGGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH MODELHEALTH INSURANCEHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSING PROGRAMSHOUSING SUBSIDIESHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINCOMEINEQUALITYINFORMATION SYSTEMINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSTITUTIONAL REFORMSINSURANCEINSURANCE PROGRAMLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLANDLESSLANDLESS HOUSEHOLDSLEAKAGE OF SUBSIDIESLEARNINGLEGAL RIGHTSLIFE INSURANCELINES OF ACCOUNTABILITYLIVELIHOODLIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIESLIVELIHOOD SUPPORTLIVING STANDARDSMARKET FAILURESMEANS TESTMEANS TESTINGMICRO-FINANCEMICRO-INSURANCEMINIMUM WAGEMINISTRY OF LABOURMITIGATION STRATEGIESMODERNIZATIONNATIONAL COVERAGENATURAL DEATHNGONUTRITIONOLD AGEOLD AGE PENSIONOLD AGE PENSIONSPENSION FUNDPENSION SCHEMEPERFORMANCE EVALUATIONPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPIECE RATEPOLICY FORMULATIONPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICIANSPOORPOOR AREASPOOR HOUSEHOLDPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDPOPULATION GROUPSPOSITIVE IMPACTSPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY MAPSPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION IMPACTPOVERTY REDUCTION OUTCOMESPREVENTION STRATEGIESPRIVATE MARKETPRIVATE SECTORPROGRAM DESIGNPROGRAM EXPENDITUREPROGRAM FINANCINGPROGRAM IMPLEMENTATIONPROGRAM MIXPROGRAM PERFORMANCEPROGRESSPROTECTION POLICIESPROTECTION POLICYPROTECTION SYSTEMPROTECTION SYSTEMSPUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENTPUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPUBLIC INTERVENTIONSPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC PROVISIONPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC TRANSFERSPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSREFORM AGENDAREFORM PROCESSREFORM STRATEGYRESPECTRIGHT TO EDUCATIONRISK COPINGRISK MANAGEMENTRISK MITIGATIONRURALRURAL AREASRURAL COUNTERPARTSRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL DISTRICTSRURAL EMPLOYMENTRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL LIVELIHOODSRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY LINESAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAFETY NET TRANSFERSSAFETY NETSSAVINGSSCHOOL AGESCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL FEEDINGSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSHGSIGNIFICANT POLICYSLUM DWELLERSSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL AUDITSSOCIAL BENEFITSSOCIAL INDICATORSSOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMSSOCIAL PENSIONSOCIAL PENSIONSSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL RISKSOCIAL SECTORSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMSSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL WELFARETARGETINGTARGETING MECHANISMSTOTAL SPENDINGTRADE UNIONTRANSPARENCYUNNECESSARY DUPLICATIONURBAN AREASURBAN POVERTYURBANIZATIONVULNERABILITYVULNERABLE GROUPSWELFARE FUNDSWORK PROGRAMWORKFAREWORKS PROGRAMWorld Bank10.1596/2746