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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Holzmann, Robert
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2009
Subjects:	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,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9953807/social-protection-labor-world-bank-2000-2008 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6602
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