World Bank2013-04-222013-04-222013-01-24https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13254The vision of Pakistan's social protection strategy to reach the poor and vulnerable (2007) is 'to develop an integrated and comprehensive social protection system, covering all the population, but especially the poorest and the most vulnerable'. Consistent with this vision, the goals of the strategy are identified as: 1) to support chronically poor households and protect them against destitution, food insecurity, exploitation and social exclusion; 2) to protect poor and vulnerable households from the impacts of adverse shocks to their consumption and well-being that, if not mitigated, would push non poor households into poverty, and poor households into deeper poverty; and 3) to promote investment in human and physical assets, including health, nutrition, and education, by poor households capable of ensuring their resilience in the medium run and of interrupting the intergenerational cycle of poverty. This vision is fully consistent with the World Bank's social protection and labor strategy for 2012-2022, which recognizes that effective social protection and labor policies and programs help create the resilience, equity and access to jobs and opportunities essential to save lives, reduce poverty and promote sustainable growth. The focus of this report is Pakistan's main safety net program: the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), which is only one part of the broader poverty reduction and social protection interventions. In particular, social protection includes labor policy, contributory social insurance, and social care services as well as safety nets. Pakistan's social protection system comprises safety nets, social security and employment promotion and protection.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO JOBSAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTUREASSISTANCE PROGRAMSBASIC NEEDSBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARYBENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTSBENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDSBENEFICIARY SURVEYCALORIC CONSUMPTIONCALORIC INTAKECALORIE AVAILABILITYCASH GRANTCASH GRANTSCASH TRANSFERCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCASH TRANSFERSCASH-TRANSFERCHEAPER FOODCHILD LABORCHILD LABOURCHILD SUPPORTCHILD WELFARECHRONICALLY POORCONDITIONAL CASHCONSUMER PRICESCOOKINGCOPING MECHANISMSCOPING STRATEGIESCREDIT MARKETSDAIRYDIMENSIONS OF POVERTYDROUGHTECONOMIC DOWNTURNECONOMIC DOWNTURNSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICIESELIGIBILITY CRITERIAEMPLOYMENT PROMOTIONEXTERNAL SHOCKSFINANCIAL CRISESFINANCIAL CRISISFOOD ASSISTANCEFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD EXPENDITUREFOOD EXPENDITURESFOOD INSECURITYFOOD INTAKEFOOD ITEMSFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFOOD PROGRAMFOOD STAPLESFOOD TRANSFERSFRUITGRAINSGRANT PROGRAMHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH FACILITYHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH SERVICESHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHYGIENEIDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKSIMPACT OF SHOCKSIMPACT ON POVERTYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME SHOCKINCOME SHOCKSINCOME SUPPORTINDICATORS OF POVERTYINEQUALITYINSURANCEINTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCELABOR MARKET PROGRAMSLIMITED ACCESSLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSLOSS OF EMPLOYMENTLOSS OF INCOMEMACROECONOMIC CONDITIONSMALNUTRITIONMARKET FAILURESMEANS TESTMEATMILKMINIMUM INCOMENATURAL DISASTERNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL SHOCKSNEAR POORNEEDS ASSESSMENTNUTRITION OUTCOMESOLD AGEPENSIONPERSONS WITH DISABILITIESPOORPOOR CHILDRENPOOR FAMILIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR POPULATIONPOOR WOMENPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY DYNAMICSPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY INDICATORSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERPOVERTY SITUATIONPOVERTY STATUSPREVENTATIVE HEALTHPREVENTIVE HEALTHPRICE SUBSIDIESPRICE SUBSIDYPRODUCTIVE ASSETSPROTECTION MECHANISMSPROTECTION POLICYPROTECTION SYSTEMPUBLIC SERVICEPURCHASING POWERQUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTSREDUCTION IN POVERTYREFORM PROCESSREGIONAL TARGETINGREGIONAL VARIATIONRESOURCE CONSTRAINTSRESOURCE MOBILIZATIONRURALRURAL AREASRURAL HOUSEHOLDSSAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATIONSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAFETY NET SYSTEMSAFETY NETSSAVINGSSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSSCHOOLINGSHOCKSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL CARESOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SAFETY NETSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMSSOCIAL WELFARESPICESSTAPLE FOODSSUBSISTENCESUGARSUPPORT PROGRAMSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE GROWTHTARGETINGTARGETING MECHANISMSTRANSFER BENEFITTRANSFER PROGRAMUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSVEGETABLESVOCATIONAL TRAININGVOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONSVULNERABLE CHILDRENVULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDSVULNERABLE SEGMENTSVULNERABLE WOMENWELFARE DISTRIBUTIONWHEATWHEAT SUBSIDYWORLD FOOD PROGRAMZAKATWorld Bank10.1596/13254