World Bank2012-06-112012-06-112007-10-18https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7633Uruguay's Government is currently analyzing several reform strategies for the social sectors. These include a health reform, the introduction of a new poverty alleviation program, possible changes in pensions and unemployment insurance, and also a tax reform, that impacts the income transfer policies in several aspects. The purpose of this report is to contribute to the debate around the design of the income transfer policies for the medium and long term. The report is divided in five sections. Section two presents the conceptual discussion; section three describes the current policies, including an assessment of coverage, impacts, and fiscal effects. The fourth section presents a simulation to assess the potential impacts of the new Plan de Equidad, and the fifth section discusses conclusions and the central challenges for the future.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADDITIONAL FISCAL RESOURCESADDITIONAL INCOMEADEQUATE INCOMEADULT POPULATIONAVERAGE BENEFITAVERAGE BENEFITSBASIC SOCIAL SERVICESBEHAVIORAL PATTERNSBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARYCALCULATIONSCASH TRANSFERCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCASH TRANSFERSCENTRAL AMERICANCITIZENCITIZENSCOMBAT POVERTYCOMMERCIAL BANKCOMMUNITY SERVICESCONTINGENCIESCONTRIBUTIONCONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTSCONTRIBUTIONSCROWDING OUTCURRENT EXPENDITURECURRENT INCOMECURRENT PROGRAMSDEMOGRAPHIC PROFILEDEPENDENT CHILDRENDEVELOPMENT BANKDISABILITYDISABILITY BENEFITSDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDROPOUTEARNINGSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYEXTENDED FAMILYFAMILY ALLOWANCESFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY SUPPORTFAMILY SUPPORT NETWORKFINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTSFINANCIAL PROBLEMSFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SITUATIONFINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITYFISCAL EFFORTFISCAL SUSTAINABILITYGDPGINI COEFFICIENTGOVERNMENT AGENCIESHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH PROBLEMSHEALTH REFORMHEALTH SERVICESHOME VISITSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATAHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTILLNESSINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME INCREASESINCOME LEVELINCOME REPLACEMENTINCOME SUPPORTINCOME TRANSFERSINDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTSINEQUITIESINFORMATION SYSTEMSINSURANCE COMPANYINSURANCE SCHEMEINSURANCE SCHEMESINTERVENTIONSJOB SEARCHKIDSLABOR DEMANDLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLABOR SUPPLYLACK OF INTERESTLATIN AMERICANLEVEL OF POVERTYLIVING STANDARDSLOW INCOMEMARKET INCENTIVESMARKET TRENDSMATERNITY BENEFITSMATERNITY LEAVEMINIMUM WAGESMORAL HAZARDMOTHERMOTIVATIONNATIONAL DIALOGUENEEDY FAMILIESNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUTRITIONOCCUPATIONAL PENSIONOCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMESOCCUPATIONAL SCHEMESOLD AGEOLDER INDIVIDUALSOPPORTUNITY COSTSPENSIONPENSION BENEFITSPENSION COVERAGEPENSION FUNDPENSION FUNDSPENSION REFORMPENSION SCHEMEPENSION SCHEMESPENSION SYSTEMPENSION SYSTEMSPENSIONSPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY GOALSPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY MAKING PROCESSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOORPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION GROUPSPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY HEADCOUNTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INCIDENCE RATEPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY MEASURESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPROBABILITYPRODUCTIVITYPROGRAM GOALSPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC WORKSPUBLICITY CAMPAIGNQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREPLACEMENT RATERESPONSIBILITIESRETIREDRETIREMENTRETIREMENT AGERETIREMENT BENEFITSSAFETYSAFETY NETSAFETY NETSSALARIESSALARYSAVINGSSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL CHILDRENSCHOOL ENROLMENTSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECURITY POLICYSELF TARGETINGSELF-SUFFICIENCYSERVANTSSET OF GOALSSICK LEAVESIMULATIONSSINGLE WOMENSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL COSTSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL EQUITYSOCIAL EXCLUSIONSOCIAL EXPENDITURESSOCIAL IMPACTSOCIAL IMPACTSSOCIAL INCLUSIONSOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMSSOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL RISK MANAGEMENTSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SECTORSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIONSOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMSSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL SPENDINGSOCIAL SUPPORTSOCIAL WORKERSSUPPORT PROGRAMSTARGETINGTEENAGERSTRAINING PROGRAMSTRANSFER BENEFITSTRANSFER PROGRAMSUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYED WORKERSUNEMPLOYMENTVALUABLEVULNERABILITYVULNERABLE GROUPSWAGEWELFARE PROGRAMSWELFARE REFORMWELFARE STATEWORKFARE PROGRAMSWORKING ADULTSWORKING AGEWORKING MOTHERSWORKING POPULATIONYOUNG CHILDRENYOUNGER WORKERSWorld Bank10.1596/7633