Botswana Social Protection Assessment

Botswana is a small, landlocked, upper-middle-income country with a gross domestic product (GDP) of United States (U.S.) 17.3 billion dollars in 2011. Despite high levels of economic growth over the past two decades, poverty and inequality persist...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Social Protection Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Gaborone, Botswana 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS BASIC EDUCATION BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFIT LEVEL CASH ASSISTANCE CASH PAYMENTS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR CHILD POVERTY CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CHRONIC POVERTY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CONDITIONAL CASH CONTRIBUTORY PENSIONS COPING STRATEGIES COST-EFFECTIVENESS COVARIATE SHOCKS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISASTER RELIEF DROUGHT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS ELDERLY ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTENDED FAMILY EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY BENEFIT FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SUPPORT FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD ASSISTANCE FOOD ITEMS FOOD NECESSITIES FOOD POVERTY FOOD RELIEF FOOD SECURITY FOOD TRANSFERS FUTURE EARNINGS GOVERNMENT RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SYSTEM HEIGHT FOR AGE HEIGHT-FOR-AGE HIGH INEQUALITY HIV HOME AFFAIRS HORIZONTAL EQUITY HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RESOURCES IDIOSYNCRATIC RISKS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME SECURITY INEQUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE MECHANISMS INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL TRENDS JOBLESS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LACK OF EDUCATION LACK OF SKILLS LIVE BIRTHS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALNUTRITION MEANS TEST MINIMUM WAGE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MUTUAL AID NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NEEDY CHILDREN NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION PROGRAM NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION OLD AGE OLD AGE PENSION OLD AGE PENSIONS ORPHANS PENSION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PLAN OF ACTION POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY FRAMEWORK POOR POOR ADULTS POOR CHILDREN POOR FAMILIES POOR INDIVIDUALS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ERADICATION POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE PENSION PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PROGRAM COVERAGE PROTECTION SYSTEM PROTECTION SYSTEMS PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PURCHASING POWER REMOTE AREAS RIGHT TO EDUCATION RISK MANAGEMENT RISK-POOLING RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAVINGS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL MATERIALS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF-INSURANCE SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS SHOCK SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES SKILL DEVELOPMENT SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS TRAINING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL RISK SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SSN SUPPORT GRANT SUPPORT NETWORKS SUPPORT PROGRAM TARGETING TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSFER PROGRAMS TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS WAGE RATE WAR WELFARE INDICATORS WORK REQUIREMENTS WORKFORCE WORKS PROGRAM YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/19237838/botswana-social-protection-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17846

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Summary:	Botswana is a small, landlocked, upper-middle-income country with a gross domestic product (GDP) of United States (U.S.) 17.3 billion dollars in 2011. Despite high levels of economic growth over the past two decades, poverty and inequality persist in Botswana and unemployment is high. The Government of Botswana (GoB) has developed and approved key strategic documents that articulate its long-term development objectives, including those in the social protection sector. The purpose of this assessment is to inform Botswana's future social protection and labor strategy and policies and help to achieve the goals of vision 2016. The assessment concentrates on social assistance programs as major reforms are already taking place or being considered for active labor market programs (ALMP) and social insurance programs. As social assistance programs are a significant draw on the GoB's budget and revenues from mining are projected to decline over the medium term, it will inevitably be necessary to increase the cost-effectiveness of existing programs. This assessment draws on the World Bank's Africa social protection strategy for 2012-2022 which, in addition to the issues addressed by the overall World Bank social protection strategy, stresses the need to focus on the targeted delivery of social services and on issues of good governance, efficient program design and delivery, and country-driven system development. To meet its objectives, the assessment is organized as follows: chapter one gives a brief discussion of the conceptual framework, chapter two discusses the principal vulnerable groups in Botswana and the risks that they face. Chapter three reviews the principal policies and programs that are already in place to address the risks that have been identified as well as the existing informal social protection arrangements. Chapter four assesses the adequacy of the social protection system by analyzing spending; program coverage, overlaps, and gaps; program generosity; targeting efficiency; cost-effectiveness; incentive compatibility and sustainability; monitoring and evaluation; and institutional arrangements. Chapter five contains recommendations.

Botswana Social Protection Assessment

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