Bulgaria : Mitigating the Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Poor, Social Safety Net Reform Policy Note

Bulgaria : Mitigating the Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Poor, Social Safety Net Reform Policy Note

This report aims to inform the discussion by summarizing recent World Bank analysis on the performance of the social safety net on the basis of the 2007 Multi-Topic Household Survey. It reviews the effectiveness of the main social safety net trans...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AGE GROUP ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ATTRITION BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFIT LEVELS CASH ASSISTANCE CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD ALLOWANCES CHILD POVERTY CHILD PROTECTION CONDITIONAL CASH CRISES DISABILITY PENSION DISABILITY PENSIONS DISTORTED INCENTIVES ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYMENT OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT POLICY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS FAMILY SUPPORT FINANCIAL CRISIS GDP GMI GUARANTEED MINIMUM INCOME HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IDENTIFICATION OF BENEFICIARIES IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SUPPORT INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INSURANCE SCHEMES JOB SEEKER JOB SEEKERS JOBLESS JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICES MATERNITY LEAVE MEANS TEST MINIMUM INCOME OLD AGE PAID MATERNITY PENSIONS POOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY THRESHOLD PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS REDUCING POVERTY RESERVATION WAGE SAFETY SAFETY NET INTERVENTIONS SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET TRANSFER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL CARE SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SPENDING SOCIAL WELFARE SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS TARGETING TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSIENT POVERTY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABLE FAMILIES VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAGE GROWTH WAR WELFARE PAYMENTS WELFARE PROGRAMS WELFARE SYSTEM WORK INCENTIVES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/09/16275269/bulgaria-bulgaria-mitigating-impact-economic-crisis-poorbrsocial-safety-net-reform-policy-notebr http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12471

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