Swaziland : Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty

Swaziland has a number of social transfer programs, but these are not well coordinated and there is a need to better define the overall priorities of the overall safety net. Swaziland spends a significant amount on safety nets but there is room to...

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Main Authors:	Blank, Lorraine, Mistiaen, Emma, Braithwaite, Jeanine
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASH ASSISTANCE CASH BENEFITS CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHRONIC POVERTY CONDITIONAL CASH COPING STRATEGY CORRELATES OF POVERTY COST-EFFECTIVENESS CREDIT MARKETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIRECT TRANSFERS DROUGHT EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION GRANT EDUCATION GRANTS ELDERLY PEOPLE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTREME POOR HOUSEHOLDS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SUPPORT FARM PRODUCTIVITY FEE WAIVERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL CRISIS FOOD AID FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FORMAL EMPLOYMENT FORMAL SAFETY NETS GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GRANT PROGRAM GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEIGHT FOR AGE HIV HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RIGHTS IDIOSYNCRATIC RISK IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DYNAMICS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INEQUALITY INPUT SUBSIDIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AID LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LACK OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MEANS TEST MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD AGE ORPHANS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POOR WOMEN POORER PEOPLE POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PROTECTION POLICIES PROTECTION SYSTEM PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SAFETY NET PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC TRANSFERS PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DIMENSION RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POOR SAFE WATER SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NET SYSTEMS SAFETY NETS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL YEAR SECONDARY EDUCATION SELECTION CRITERIA SHOCK SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CARE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PENSIONS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL TRANSFER SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL WELFARE SSN SUBSISTENCE SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFER PROGRAM TRANSFER PROGRAMS TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT VULNERABILITY OF WOMEN VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE CITIZENS VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS VULNERABLE PEOPLE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WATER SOURCES WEALTH GROUPS WEATHER SHOCKS WIDESPREAD POVERTY WORKFARE WORKS PROGRAM WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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topic	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASH ASSISTANCE CASH BENEFITS CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHRONIC POVERTY CONDITIONAL CASH COPING STRATEGY CORRELATES OF POVERTY COST-EFFECTIVENESS CREDIT MARKETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIRECT TRANSFERS DROUGHT EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION GRANT EDUCATION GRANTS ELDERLY PEOPLE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTREME POOR HOUSEHOLDS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SUPPORT FARM PRODUCTIVITY FEE WAIVERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL CRISIS FOOD AID FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FORMAL EMPLOYMENT FORMAL SAFETY NETS GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GRANT PROGRAM GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEIGHT FOR AGE HIV HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RIGHTS IDIOSYNCRATIC RISK IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DYNAMICS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INEQUALITY INPUT SUBSIDIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AID LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LACK OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MEANS TEST MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD AGE ORPHANS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POOR WOMEN POORER PEOPLE POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PROTECTION POLICIES PROTECTION SYSTEM PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SAFETY NET PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC TRANSFERS PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DIMENSION RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POOR SAFE WATER SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NET SYSTEMS SAFETY NETS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL YEAR SECONDARY EDUCATION SELECTION CRITERIA SHOCK SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CARE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PENSIONS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL TRANSFER SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL WELFARE SSN SUBSISTENCE SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFER PROGRAM TRANSFER PROGRAMS TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT VULNERABILITY OF WOMEN VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE CITIZENS VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS VULNERABLE PEOPLE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WATER SOURCES WEALTH GROUPS WEATHER SHOCKS WIDESPREAD POVERTY WORKFARE WORKS PROGRAM WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASH ASSISTANCE CASH BENEFITS CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHRONIC POVERTY CONDITIONAL CASH COPING STRATEGY CORRELATES OF POVERTY COST-EFFECTIVENESS CREDIT MARKETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIRECT TRANSFERS DROUGHT EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION GRANT EDUCATION GRANTS ELDERLY PEOPLE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTREME POOR HOUSEHOLDS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SUPPORT FARM PRODUCTIVITY FEE WAIVERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL CRISIS FOOD AID FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FORMAL EMPLOYMENT FORMAL SAFETY NETS GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GRANT PROGRAM GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEIGHT FOR AGE HIV HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RIGHTS IDIOSYNCRATIC RISK IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DYNAMICS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INEQUALITY INPUT SUBSIDIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AID LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LACK OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MEANS TEST MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD AGE ORPHANS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POOR WOMEN POORER PEOPLE POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PROTECTION POLICIES PROTECTION SYSTEM PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SAFETY NET PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC TRANSFERS PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DIMENSION RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POOR SAFE WATER SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NET SYSTEMS SAFETY NETS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL YEAR SECONDARY EDUCATION SELECTION CRITERIA SHOCK SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CARE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PENSIONS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL TRANSFER SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL WELFARE SSN SUBSISTENCE SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFER PROGRAM TRANSFER PROGRAMS TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT VULNERABILITY OF WOMEN VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE CITIZENS VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS VULNERABLE PEOPLE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WATER SOURCES WEALTH GROUPS WEATHER SHOCKS WIDESPREAD POVERTY WORKFARE WORKS PROGRAM WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Blank, Lorraine Mistiaen, Emma Braithwaite, Jeanine Swaziland : Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty
geographic_facet	Swaziland Eswatini
relation	Social protection and labor discussion paper;no. 1411
description	Swaziland has a number of social transfer programs, but these are not well coordinated and there is a need to better define the overall priorities of the overall safety net. Swaziland spends a significant amount on safety nets but there is room to increase the efficiency of spending by: (i) improving coordination between programs; (ii) making adjustments to program design and implementation; and (iii) removing some inefficient programs. Social transfers could play a larger role in reducing poverty but there are gaps in how well the safety net supports extremely poor households with children and/or unemployed household members. The assessment recommends that Swaziland should consider adopting a national child grant program and a public works program to fill these gaps.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	Blank, Lorraine Mistiaen, Emma Braithwaite, Jeanine
author_facet	Blank, Lorraine Mistiaen, Emma Braithwaite, Jeanine
author_sort	Blank, Lorraine
title	Swaziland : Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty
title_short	Swaziland : Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty
title_full	Swaziland : Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty
title_fullStr	Swaziland : Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty
title_full_unstemmed	Swaziland : Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty
title_sort	swaziland : using public transfers to reduce extreme poverty
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/19749061/swaziland-using-public-transfers-reduce-extreme-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19006
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spelling	okr-10986-190062021-04-23T14:03:51Z Swaziland : Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty Blank, Lorraine Mistiaen, Emma Braithwaite, Jeanine ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASH ASSISTANCE CASH BENEFITS CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHRONIC POVERTY CONDITIONAL CASH COPING STRATEGY CORRELATES OF POVERTY COST-EFFECTIVENESS CREDIT MARKETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIRECT TRANSFERS DROUGHT EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION GRANT EDUCATION GRANTS ELDERLY PEOPLE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTREME POOR HOUSEHOLDS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SUPPORT FARM PRODUCTIVITY FEE WAIVERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL CRISIS FOOD AID FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FORMAL EMPLOYMENT FORMAL SAFETY NETS GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GRANT PROGRAM GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEIGHT FOR AGE HIV HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RIGHTS IDIOSYNCRATIC RISK IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DYNAMICS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INEQUALITY INPUT SUBSIDIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AID LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LACK OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MEANS TEST MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD AGE ORPHANS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POOR WOMEN POORER PEOPLE POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PROTECTION POLICIES PROTECTION SYSTEM PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SAFETY NET PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC TRANSFERS PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DIMENSION RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POOR SAFE WATER SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NET SYSTEMS SAFETY NETS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL YEAR SECONDARY EDUCATION SELECTION CRITERIA SHOCK SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CARE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PENSIONS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL TRANSFER SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL WELFARE SSN SUBSISTENCE SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFER PROGRAM TRANSFER PROGRAMS TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT VULNERABILITY OF WOMEN VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE CITIZENS VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS VULNERABLE PEOPLE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WATER SOURCES WEALTH GROUPS WEATHER SHOCKS WIDESPREAD POVERTY WORKFARE WORKS PROGRAM WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Swaziland has a number of social transfer programs, but these are not well coordinated and there is a need to better define the overall priorities of the overall safety net. Swaziland spends a significant amount on safety nets but there is room to increase the efficiency of spending by: (i) improving coordination between programs; (ii) making adjustments to program design and implementation; and (iii) removing some inefficient programs. Social transfers could play a larger role in reducing poverty but there are gaps in how well the safety net supports extremely poor households with children and/or unemployed household members. The assessment recommends that Swaziland should consider adopting a national child grant program and a public works program to fill these gaps. 2014-07-22T21:58:29Z 2014-07-22T21:58:29Z 2012-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/19749061/swaziland-using-public-transfers-reduce-extreme-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19006 English en_US Social protection and labor discussion paper;no. 1411 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Swaziland Eswatini

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