Social Protection in a World of Crisis
This paper explores the social protection response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to learn lessons on how to build the resilience of their social protection system. These countries made substantial efforts to address the most serious consequences of the pandemic, pragmatically harnessing existing programs to reach vulnerable groups, while also introducing innovations to fill gaps in the existing social protection system. Rigidities in administrative systems, complex eligibility criteria, as well as weaknesses in information systems, limited governments’ ability to quickly identify and reach those households that were most vulnerable to the impact of the pandemic with adequate support. These challenges strengthen the case for investment in crisis preparedness – most immediately by improving the functioning of social protection systems and setting out the design features and delivery systems to support a response to future covariate shocks.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2023-07-05
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| Subjects: | SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, RESILIENCE, ADAPTIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION, COVID-19, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, SOCIAL INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, SHOCKS, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099062923071021225/P1735300657c330e40bc5c0e2ce12569e1e https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39950 |
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| Summary: | This paper explores the social
protection response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to learn lessons on
how to build the resilience of their social protection
system. These countries made substantial efforts to address
the most serious consequences of the pandemic, pragmatically
harnessing existing programs to reach vulnerable groups,
while also introducing innovations to fill gaps in the
existing social protection system. Rigidities in
administrative systems, complex eligibility criteria, as
well as weaknesses in information systems, limited
governments’ ability to quickly identify and reach those
households that were most vulnerable to the impact of the
pandemic with adequate support. These challenges strengthen
the case for investment in crisis preparedness – most
immediately by improving the functioning of social
protection systems and setting out the design features and
delivery systems to support a response to future covariate shocks. |
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