Social Protection and Labor at the World Bank, 2000-08

In autumn 2000, the World Bank's board approved the first ever strategy for the new social protection and labor sector, and in January 2001, the sector published the strategy. The subtitle, from safety net to springboard, indicated the World B...

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Main Author: Holzmann, Robert
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
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topic ACCOUNTING
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
ASSISTANCE STRATEGY
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BANK ACCOUNTS
BANK LENDING
BANKING SECTOR
BANKS
BENEFIT SYSTEMS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CASH TRANSFER
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CASH TRANSFERS
CHILD LABOR
CIVIL SERVICE
COLLATERAL
COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
CONDITIONAL CASH
CONFLICT
CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
COPING STRATEGIES
COUNTRY RISK
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
CROP INSURANCE
CURRENCY
DEBT
DEFICITS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS
DOWNSIDE RISKS
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC CRISIS
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REFORM
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
ECONOMIC VOLATILITY
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS
EQUIPMENT
ETHNIC GROUPS
EXOGENOUS SHOCKS
EXTENDED FAMILIES
EXTREME POVERTY
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FOOD SECURITY
FORMAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBALIZATION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HEALTH SERVICES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
IDIOSYNCRATIC RISKS
INCOME
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME SUPPORT
INCOME VARIABILITY
INEQUALITY
INFORMAL BORROWING
INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTRUMENT
INSURANCE
INSURANCE MECHANISMS
INSURANCE SYSTEMS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL DONORS
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY
INVENTORY
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT FUND
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
JOB CREATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY
LABOR MARKET POLICIES
LABOR MARKET POLICY
LABOR MARKETS
LABOUR
LENDING INSTRUMENT
LENDING INSTRUMENTS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOSS OF INCOME
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MALNUTRITION
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT OF RISKS
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET ECONOMY
MARKET INTEGRATION
MARKET LENDING
MICROENTERPRISES
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MICROINSURANCE
MITIGATION STRATEGIES
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
OIL PRICES
OLD AGE
OLD-AGE INCOME
OUTPUTS
PENSION
PENSION REFORM
PENSION REFORMS
PENSION SYSTEM
PENSION SYSTEMS
PENSIONS
POLICY RESPONSES
POLITICAL LIBERALIZATION
POLITICAL VOLATILITY
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR LIVING
POOR PEOPLE
PORTFOLIO
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
PREVENTIVE HEALTH
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROTECTION MECHANISMS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
RATES OF RETURN
REAL WAGES
REDISTRIBUTIVE ROLE
RISK COPING
RISK DIVERSIFICATION
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
RISK MITIGATION
RISK PROFILES
RISK REDUCTION
RURAL POVERTY
SAFETY
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
SAVINGS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SECRETARIES
SELF-INSURANCE
SHOCK
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL ACTION FUND
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL FUND
SOCIAL FUND PROJECTS
SOCIAL FUNDS
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL INVESTMENT
SOCIAL PENSIONS
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL RISK
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SSN
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
SUBSIDIARY
SUPPLIERS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TARGETING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSITION ECONOMY
TRANSPORT
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEMS
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNINSURED RISK
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
VULNERABLE GROUPS
VULNERABLE PEOPLE
WAGES
WAREHOUSE
WORK PROGRAM
WORKFARE
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
ASSISTANCE STRATEGY
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BANK ACCOUNTS
BANK LENDING
BANKING SECTOR
BANKS
BENEFIT SYSTEMS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CASH TRANSFER
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CASH TRANSFERS
CHILD LABOR
CIVIL SERVICE
COLLATERAL
COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
CONDITIONAL CASH
CONFLICT
CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
COPING STRATEGIES
COUNTRY RISK
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
CROP INSURANCE
CURRENCY
DEBT
DEFICITS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS
DOWNSIDE RISKS
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC CRISIS
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REFORM
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
ECONOMIC VOLATILITY
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS
EQUIPMENT
ETHNIC GROUPS
EXOGENOUS SHOCKS
EXTENDED FAMILIES
EXTREME POVERTY
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FOOD SECURITY
FORMAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBALIZATION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HEALTH SERVICES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
IDIOSYNCRATIC RISKS
INCOME
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME SUPPORT
INCOME VARIABILITY
INEQUALITY
INFORMAL BORROWING
INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTRUMENT
INSURANCE
INSURANCE MECHANISMS
INSURANCE SYSTEMS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL DONORS
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY
INVENTORY
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT FUND
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
JOB CREATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY
LABOR MARKET POLICIES
LABOR MARKET POLICY
LABOR MARKETS
LABOUR
LENDING INSTRUMENT
LENDING INSTRUMENTS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOSS OF INCOME
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MALNUTRITION
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT OF RISKS
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET ECONOMY
MARKET INTEGRATION
MARKET LENDING
MICROENTERPRISES
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MICROINSURANCE
MITIGATION STRATEGIES
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
OIL PRICES
OLD AGE
OLD-AGE INCOME
OUTPUTS
PENSION
PENSION REFORM
PENSION REFORMS
PENSION SYSTEM
PENSION SYSTEMS
PENSIONS
POLICY RESPONSES
POLITICAL LIBERALIZATION
POLITICAL VOLATILITY
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR LIVING
POOR PEOPLE
PORTFOLIO
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
PREVENTIVE HEALTH
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROTECTION MECHANISMS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
RATES OF RETURN
REAL WAGES
REDISTRIBUTIVE ROLE
RISK COPING
RISK DIVERSIFICATION
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
RISK MITIGATION
RISK PROFILES
RISK REDUCTION
RURAL POVERTY
SAFETY
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
SAVINGS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SECRETARIES
SELF-INSURANCE
SHOCK
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL ACTION FUND
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL FUND
SOCIAL FUND PROJECTS
SOCIAL FUNDS
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL INVESTMENT
SOCIAL PENSIONS
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL RISK
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SSN
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
SUBSIDIARY
SUPPLIERS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
TARGETING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSITION ECONOMY
TRANSPORT
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEMS
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNINSURED RISK
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
VULNERABLE GROUPS
VULNERABLE PEOPLE
WAGES
WAREHOUSE
WORK PROGRAM
WORKFARE
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
Holzmann, Robert
Social Protection and Labor at the World Bank, 2000-08
description In autumn 2000, the World Bank's board approved the first ever strategy for the new social protection and labor sector, and in January 2001, the sector published the strategy. The subtitle, from safety net to springboard, indicated the World Bank's move toward a broader understanding of poverty reduction and the relationship of risk to poverty. Because risks and access to appropriate risk management instruments matter for poverty reduction and development, the strategy proposed a new conceptual framework - social risk management that will review and reform existing interventions and propose new ones to better assist the vulnerable in addressing the many risks to which they are exposed. After seven years of implementation, it was time to review the strategy and work of the areas of selected core competence: labor market, social insurance (in particular pensions), social safety nets, social funds, disability and development, and risk and vulnerability analysis. The strategic position, its development, and the results by the sector since the launch of its strategy were reviewed and presented to the World Bank's committee on development effectiveness at the end of 2007. The review included a stocktaking of the analytical work and lending operations in each of the six core competence areas. The result of this review and the six stocktaking papers are presented in this publication. They reveal the progress that the World Bank has made in understanding the importance of social risk management for poverty reduction and the critical contribution it makes to equitable and sustainable growth.
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author Holzmann, Robert
author_facet Holzmann, Robert
author_sort Holzmann, Robert
title Social Protection and Labor at the World Bank, 2000-08
title_short Social Protection and Labor at the World Bank, 2000-08
title_full Social Protection and Labor at the World Bank, 2000-08
title_fullStr Social Protection and Labor at the World Bank, 2000-08
title_full_unstemmed Social Protection and Labor at the World Bank, 2000-08
title_sort social protection and labor at the world bank, 2000-08
publisher Washington, DC : World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9953807/social-protection-labor-world-bank-2000-2008
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6602
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spelling okr-10986-66022021-04-23T14:02:25Z Social Protection and Labor at the World Bank, 2000-08 Holzmann, Robert ACCOUNTING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ASSISTANCE STRATEGY ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION BANK ACCOUNTS BANK LENDING BANKING SECTOR BANKS BENEFIT SYSTEMS CAPACITY BUILDING CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR CIVIL SERVICE COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CONDITIONAL CASH CONFLICT CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COPING STRATEGIES COUNTRY RISK CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP INSURANCE CURRENCY DEBT DEFICITS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS DOWNSIDE RISKS DROUGHT ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC VOLATILITY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EQUIPMENT ETHNIC GROUPS EXOGENOUS SHOCKS EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICES FOOD SECURITY FORMAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH SERVICES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS IDIOSYNCRATIC RISKS INCOME INCOME LEVEL INCOME SUPPORT INCOME VARIABILITY INEQUALITY INFORMAL BORROWING INNOVATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INSURANCE MECHANISMS INSURANCE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DONORS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY INVENTORY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUND INVESTMENT PROJECTS JOB CREATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKETS LABOUR LENDING INSTRUMENT LENDING INSTRUMENTS LIVING STANDARDS LOSS OF INCOME MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MALNUTRITION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT OF RISKS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET ECONOMY MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET LENDING MICROENTERPRISES MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROINSURANCE MITIGATION STRATEGIES NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION PROGRAMS OIL PRICES OLD AGE OLD-AGE INCOME OUTPUTS PENSION PENSION REFORM PENSION REFORMS PENSION SYSTEM PENSION SYSTEMS PENSIONS POLICY RESPONSES POLITICAL LIBERALIZATION POLITICAL VOLATILITY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE PORTFOLIO POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER PREVENTIVE HEALTH PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTION MECHANISMS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS RATES OF RETURN REAL WAGES REDISTRIBUTIVE ROLE RISK COPING RISK DIVERSIFICATION RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES RISK MITIGATION RISK PROFILES RISK REDUCTION RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAVINGS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SECRETARIES SELF-INSURANCE SHOCK SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL ACTION FUND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUND PROJECTS SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INVESTMENT SOCIAL PENSIONS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL RISK SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS SOCIAL SERVICES SSN STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBSIDIARY SUPPLIERS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER PROGRAMS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSITION ECONOMY TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEMS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNINSURED RISK URBAN DEVELOPMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE PEOPLE WAGES WAREHOUSE WORK PROGRAM WORKFARE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT In autumn 2000, the World Bank's board approved the first ever strategy for the new social protection and labor sector, and in January 2001, the sector published the strategy. The subtitle, from safety net to springboard, indicated the World Bank's move toward a broader understanding of poverty reduction and the relationship of risk to poverty. Because risks and access to appropriate risk management instruments matter for poverty reduction and development, the strategy proposed a new conceptual framework - social risk management that will review and reform existing interventions and propose new ones to better assist the vulnerable in addressing the many risks to which they are exposed. After seven years of implementation, it was time to review the strategy and work of the areas of selected core competence: labor market, social insurance (in particular pensions), social safety nets, social funds, disability and development, and risk and vulnerability analysis. The strategic position, its development, and the results by the sector since the launch of its strategy were reviewed and presented to the World Bank's committee on development effectiveness at the end of 2007. The review included a stocktaking of the analytical work and lending operations in each of the six core competence areas. The result of this review and the six stocktaking papers are presented in this publication. They reveal the progress that the World Bank has made in understanding the importance of social risk management for poverty reduction and the critical contribution it makes to equitable and sustainable growth. 2012-05-29T19:39:38Z 2012-05-29T19:39:38Z 2009 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9953807/social-protection-labor-world-bank-2000-2008 978-0-8213-7648-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6602 English en_US Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication