World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192011-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2745India'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 MECHANISMSACCOUNTABILITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERSAGENCY EMPLOYEESAGRICULTURAL WAGESALLOCATIONALLOCATION OF RESOURCESANTI-POVERTYANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMSANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMSARID TROPICSASSISTANCE PROGRAMSAUDITOR GENERALBASIC SOCIAL SERVICESBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARYBLOCK GRANTBUDGET DATACASH BENEFITSCASH TRANSFERCASH TRANSFERSCENTRAL FUNDSCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCHRONIC POVERTYCHRONICALLY POORCOMMUNITY ACTIONCOMMUNITY GROUPSCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCONDITIONAL CASHCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECONSUMPTION QUINTILESCOPING STRATEGIESCOST EFFECTIVENESSCOVARIATE SHOCKSCREDIT SCHEMEDECENTRALIZATIONDECENTRALIZATION OF SERVICE DELIVERYDIRECT TRANSFERSDISABILITY PENSIONSDISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMESECONOMIES OF SCALEEFFICIENCY DIVIDENDSEFFICIENCY GAINSEMPLOYMENT GENERATIONEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEEEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEMEEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMSENTITLEMENTSEPIDEMICSEXPENDITURE PRIORITIESFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFISCAL CAPACITYFOOD COUPONFOOD COUPONSFOOD PROGRAMFOOD PROGRAMSFOOD SECURITYFOOD SHORTAGESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH MODELHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH PROBLEMSHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSINGHOUSING PROGRAMSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKSINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINEQUALITYINFORMAL COPING MECHANISMSINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSURANCEINSURANCE PROGRAMLANDLESSLANDLESS HOUSEHOLDSLEAKAGE OF SUBSIDIESLIFE INSURANCELINES OF ACCOUNTABILITYLIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIESLIVELIHOOD SUPPORTLIVING STANDARDSMARKET FAILURESMEANS TESTMEANS TESTINGMICRO-FINANCEMICRO-INSURANCEMINIMUM WAGEMITIGATION STRATEGIESNATURAL DISASTERSNUTRITIONOLD AGEOLD AGE PENSIONOLD AGE PENSIONSPARTICIPATORY METHODSPENSION FUNDPENSION SCHEMEPERFORMANCE EVALUATIONPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPIECE RATEPOLICY FORMULATIONPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICIANSPOORPOOR AREASPOOR HOUSEHOLDPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDPOSITIVE IMPACTSPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY GAP INDEXPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MAPSPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION IMPACTPRIVATE MARKETPRIVATE SECTORPROGRAM DESIGNPROGRAM EXPENDITUREPROGRAM IMPLEMENTATIONPROGRAM MIXPROGRAM PARTICIPATIONPROGRAM PERFORMANCEPROTECTION POLICIESPROTECTION POLICYPROTECTION SYSTEMPROTECTION SYSTEMSPUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENTPUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPUBLIC INTERVENTIONSPUBLIC PROVISIONPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC TRANSFERSPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSREFORM AGENDAREFORM PROCESSREGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTRIGHT TO EDUCATIONRISK COPINGRISK MANAGEMENTRISK MITIGATIONRURALRURAL AREASRURAL COUNTERPARTSRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL DISTRICTSRURAL EMPLOYMENTRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL LIVELIHOODSRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY LINERURAL POVERTY RATESSAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAFETY NET SYSTEMSAFETY NET TRANSFERSSAFETY NETSSAVINGSSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL FEEDINGSELF-EMPLOYMENTSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSHOCKSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL BENEFITSSOCIAL INDICATORSSOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMSSOCIAL PENSIONSOCIAL PENSIONSSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL RISKSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SECURITY COVERAGESOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMSSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL WELFARESUBSISTENCETARGETINGTARGETING MECHANISMSTOTAL SPENDINGTRADE UNIONTRANSPARENCYUNNECESSARY DUPLICATIONVILLAGE LEVELVULNERABLE GROUPSWAGE EMPLOYMENTWELFARE FUNDSWORK PROGRAMWORKFAREWORKS PROGRAMWorld Bank10.1596/2745