Cerutti, PaulaFruttero, AnnaGrosh, MargaretKostenbaum, SilvanaOliveri, Maria LauraRodriguez-Alas, ClaudiaStrokova, Victoria2014-07-212014-07-212014-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18938How much do countries spend on social protection? Do social protection programs cover all poor people? And, how well are they targeted? It is notoriously hard to find comprehensive cross-country data on social protection programs which can help answer such questions and allow to benchmark social protection systems. The World Bank s Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Social Protection Database attempts to fill these knowledge gaps by collecting and systematizing data on social protection programs from both administrative sources and household surveys. The data assembled provides a powerful tool to study trends and analyze program performance as well as benchmark countries social protection systems. We found both expected and unexpected trends in spending on social protection and coverage of social protection programs across countries. Between 2000 and 2010 expenditure on social assistance nearly tripled. At a program level, conditional cash transfer programs ceased to dominate social assistance spending, with the exception of Mexico, and have come second to social pension spending in Brazil, Uruguay and Chile. Labor market programs remain small and fragmented, but show much more counter-cyclical patterns.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACTIVE LABORACTIVE LABOR MARKETACTIVE LABOR MARKET INTERVENTIONACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIESACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMSAVERAGE WAGEBENEFICIARIESBENEFITS INCIDENCECASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCASH TRANSFERSCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCHRONIC POVERTYCOLCOMPENSATIONCONTRIBUTORY PROGRAMSCONTRIBUTORY SYSTEMCOUNTERFACTUALSCOUNTRY COMPARISONSDATA COLLECTIONDIRECT JOB CREATIONDIRECT JOB CREATION PROGRAMSDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISASTERSDISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITSDRIVERSDROUGHTEARLY RETIREMENTEARNINGECONOMIC SHOCKSEMPLOYEEEMPLOYMENT INCENTIVESEMPLOYMENT STATUSEMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIESFAMILY ALLOWANCESFAMINEFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICE SUBSIDIESFOOD PRICESFOOD PROGRAMSFOOD SECURITYFOOD STAMPSFOOD TRANSFERSFOOD-FOR-WORKGDPGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH CAREHEALTH INSURANCEHOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATAHOUSEHOLD SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRESHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMPACT INDICATORSIMPACT ON POVERTYINCIDENCE ANALYSISINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GROUPSINCOME SUPPORTINEQUALITYJOB SEARCHJOB SEARCH ASSISTANCEJOBSLABOR COSTLABOR INCOMELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET POLICYLABOR MARKET PROGRAMLABOR MARKETSLABOR ORGANIZATIONLABOR PROGRAMSLAWSMATERNITY LEAVEOLD AGEPASSIVE LABORPASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMSPENSIONSPER CAPITA INCOMEPOORPOOR CHILDRENPOOR FAMILIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY HEADCOUNTPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIVATE PROGRAMSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE TRANSFERSPRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENTPROGRAM CATEGORYPROGRAM COSTSPROGRAM COVERAGEPROGRAM DESIGNPROGRAMSPUBLIC EMPLOYMENTPUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICEPUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICESPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSQUESTIONNAIRESREDUCING POVERTYRETIREMENTRURALRURAL AREASSAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSCHOOL FEEDINGSCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMSSIMULATIONSSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMSSOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMSSOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SECURITYSSNSUBSIDIZED JOBTARGETINGTRAINING CENTERTRAINING INSTITUTIONTRAINING PROGRAMSTRAINING SYSTEMUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYED PERSONUNEMPLOYED PERSONSUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCEUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCEUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITSUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMSVOCATIONAL TRAININGWAGESWARWORKERS10.1596/18938