Mozambique Social Protection Assessment

This assessment shows that Mozambique social protection system is developing. While programs to address most of the risks identified exist, there are still major gaps. Poor families with children are not adequately supported, there is no significan...

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Main Author:	Silverio Marques, Jose
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO FOOD ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ADULT EDUCATION AGED AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ANTENATAL CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ASSISTANCE STRATEGY BASIC HEALTH BASIC HEALTH CARE BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY FAMILIES BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS BENEFIT LEVEL CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY CHRONIC ILLNESS CHRONICALLY POOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONAL CASH CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA COPING STRATEGIES COST-EFFECTIVENESS COVARIATE SHOCKS CROWDING OUT DISABILITY INSURANCE DRINKING WATER DROUGHT DRY SEASON ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE ECONOMIC SHOCKS ELDERLY PEOPLE ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EMERGENCY RELIEF EXTERNAL RESOURCES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN FARMING ACTIVITIES FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL CRISES FOOD ASSISTANCE FOOD BASKET FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD INSECURITY FOOD NEEDS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICES FOOD PROGRAM FOOD REQUIREMENTS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SHORTAGES FOOD SUBSIDY FOOD-FOR-WORK FREE HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH SERVICES HOMELESS HORIZONTAL EQUITY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS ILLITERACY IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME GENERATION INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INCOME-GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES INEQUALITY INSURANCE MECHANISMS INSURANCE PROGRAM INSURANCE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LEAN SEASON LEPROSY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE INSURANCE LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS MALNUTRITION MICRO-INSURANCE MORTALITY MUTUAL INSURANCE NATIONAL POVERTY NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NEAR POOR NEEDY CHILDREN NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD AGE OLD AGE PENSION PENSION PENSIONS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR FAMILIES POOR HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRIVATE CAPITAL PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PROGRAM COVERAGE PROTECTION POLICIES PROTECTION SYSTEM PROTECTION SYSTEMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS RESIDENTIAL CARE RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK REDUCTION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WORKERS SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEMS SAFETY NETS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL LUNCHES SCHOOL MATERIALS SCHOOLING SELF-INSURANCE SHOCK SMALL LOANS SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAM SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PENSION SOCIAL PENSIONS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDING SOCIAL RISK SOCIAL RISKS SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIAL WELFARE STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS SUPPORT PROGRAM TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER PROGRAM TRANSFER PROGRAMS TRANSFERS IN CASH TRANSIENT POOR TRANSIENT POVERTY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE VERTICAL EQUITY VICTIMS VIOLENCE VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE PEOPLE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAR WORK PROGRAM WORKFARE WORKS PROGRAM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/19748279/mozambique-social-protection-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19002

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Summary:	This assessment shows that Mozambique social protection system is developing. While programs to address most of the risks identified exist, there are still major gaps. Poor families with children are not adequately supported, there is no significant youth program, and subsistence farmers and other workers are not properly protected against recurrent shocks. The government spends a considerable amount of its resources on social protection but most are absorbed by untargeted subsidies and pensions that benefit only a few. This assessment suggests that it will be necessary to address three mutually complimentary issues: developing effective mechanisms to maximize the impact of social protection on reducing poverty; rationalizing public expenditures while filling existing program gaps; and strengthening institutional arrangements. In order to address the multiple challenges Mozambique faces to support particularly vulnerable groups and reduce extreme poverty and food insecurity, the report proposes a gradual approach framed in the existing social protection strategy approved by the Government in 2010.

Mozambique Social Protection Assessment

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