Wednesday, April 18, 2012

[IWS] WORLD BANK'S SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR STRATEGY 2012-2022 [18 April 2012]

IWS Documented News Service

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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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World Bank

 

RESILIENCE, EQUITY, AND OPPORTUNITY

Social Protection & Labor Strategy 2012--home page

http://go.worldbank.org/2SVY7NI3Y0

 

 

The World Bank’s Social Protection and Labor Strategy 2012–2022 [18 April 2012]

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOCIALPROTECTION/Resources/280558-1274453001167/7089867-1279223745454/7253917-1291314603217/SPL_Strategy_2012-22_FINAL.pdf

[full-text, 125 pages]

 

Press Release 18 April 2012

3 out of 5 People in Developing Countries Lack Safety Nets

World Bank announces new focus on Social Protection and Labor and releases new open data tool to help countries close the gap in coverage for the poorest

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23173003~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html

 

 

 

Contents

FOREWORD .......................................................................................................................................................... iv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................................................ v

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................ I

1. RESILIENCE, EQUITY, AND OPPORTUNITY: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR ........................... 1

WHAT IS SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR? ........................................................................................................................ 1

ROLES OF DIFFERENT ACTORS IN SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR ........................................................................................... 4

A PORTFOLIO APPROACH TO SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR ................................................................................................ 5

2. LESSONS FROM THE FIRST DECADE OF WORLD BANK ENGAGEMENT IN SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR .. 6

THE FIRST SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR STRATEGY .......................................................................................................... 6

A DECADE OF ENGAGEMENT IN SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR ............................................................................................ 7

LEARNING FROM THE PAST DECADE: WHAT IS NEW ABOUT THIS STRATEGY? ............................................................................. 9

3. SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR IN TODAY’S WORLD ................................................................................ 10

A GLOBAL CHALLENGE, AN EMERGING CONSENSUS ............................................................................................................ 10

THE GLOBAL STATE OF SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR: PROGRESS, BUT FRAGMENTED APPROACHES ......................................... 12

LEVERAGING SYSTEMS TO ADDRESS THE COVERAGE GAP: FROM EXCLUSION TO INCLUSION ........................................................ 18

LEVERAGING SYSTEMS TO ADDRESS THE FLEXIBILITY GAP: FROM INFLEXIBILITY TO RESPONSIVENESS ............................................. 20

LEVERAGING SYSTEMS TO ADDRESS THE OPPORTUNITY GAP: TOWARDS MORE PRODUCTIVE PROGRAMS ..................................... 22

4. STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR AT THE WORLD BANK ................................. 24

STRENGTHENING SYSTEMIC APPROACHES ......................................................................................................................... 25

ENSURING INCLUSION ................................................................................................................................................... 26

RESPONDING TO CRISES ................................................................................................................................................. 32

ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY ............................................................................................................................................ 33

5. PRINCIPLES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE WORLD BANK ................................................................................ 37

FOCUS ON EVIDENCE-BASED KNOWLEDGE ......................................................................................................................... 38

TAILOR OPERATIONS TO COUNTRY CONTEXT AND EVIDENCE ................................................................................................. 39

COLLABORATE ACROSS SECTORS AND ACTORS .................................................................................................................... 42

6. MEASURING AND ACHIEVING SUCCESS: EXPECTED RESULTS AND BUSINESS PLAN IMPLICATIONS ............. 47

MEASURING RESULTS ................................................................................................................................................... 47

BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS ................................................................................................................................................ 49

REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................................... 53

 

ANNEXES

ANNEX 1: REGIONAL AND ANCHOR APPLICATIONS OF THE SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR STRATEGY ......................................... 61

ANNEX 2: BACKGROUND PAPERS TO THE SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR STRATEGY 2012–22 ................................................. 76

ANNEX 3: WORLD BANK SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR PORTFOLIO .................................................................................. 80

ANNEX 4. RESULTS OF THE SPL STRATEGY CONSULTATIONS ................................................................................................. 83

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ANNEX 5: MULTISECTORAL APPROACHES: LINKAGES BETWEEN THE SPL STRATEGY 2012–22 AND OTHER WORLD BANK GROUP STRATEGIES ................................................................................................................................................................. 87

ANNEX 6. SOCIAL PROTECTION STRATEGIES OUTSIDE OF THE WORLD BANK ............................................................................ 91

ANNEX 7: RESULTS FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................................................... 97

 

BOXES

BOX 2.1: IEG’S 2011 EVALUATION OF WORLD BANK SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL SAFETY NETS .......................................................... 8

BOX 2.2: RESULTS OF THE STRATEGY CONSULTATIONS ......................................................................................................... 9

BOX 3.1: THE SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR ........................................................................................................................ 12

BOX 3.2: VIETNAM: ADDRESSING FRAGMENTATION AND MODERNIZING SPL ........................................................................ 14

BOX 3.3: “SMART” SPL SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................................ 16

BOX 3.4: EMBEDDING SOCIAL PROTECTION WITHIN NATIONAL PRIORITIES IN RWANDA............................................................. 17

BOX 3.5: RULES, ROLES, CONTROLS—GOVERNANCE IN SOCIAL PROTECTION .......................................................................... 17

BOX 3.6: USING COMMUNITIES TO ENHANCE ACCOUNTABILITY: INDIA AND MALAWI ............................................................... 18

BOX 3.7: CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS: PROTECTING THE POOR AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY ........................................... 22

BOX 4.1: BRAZIL: BOLSA FAMÍLIA AND THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATED SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ......................................................... 26

BOX 4.2: SOCIAL PROTECTION IN FRAGILE CONTEXTS: THREE APPROACHES ............................................................................ 27

BOX 4.3: PROMOTING LIVELIHOODS AND FOOD SECURITY IN RURAL ECONOMIES .................................................................... 28

BOX 4.4: USING CELL PHONES TO PROTECT THE POOR IN KENYA .......................................................................................... 29

BOX 4.5: DESIGNING GENDER-SENSITIVE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS: INDIA’S MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ................................................................................................................................................. 30

BOX 4.6: THE WORLD BANK’S CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PENSIONS ............................................................................. 32

BOX 4.7: MOBILIZING SOCIAL PROTECTION IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE ........................................................................ 32

BOX 4.8: WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2013 ON JOBS: PRELIMINARY MESSAGES AND POTENTIAL LINKS TO THE SPL STRATEGY ... 33

BOX 4.9: THE MILES FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................................................ 35

BOX 4.10: ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AND THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGE ...................................................... 36

BOX 5.1: SOUTH-SOUTH LEARNING IN SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR ................................................................................ 40

BOX 5.2: ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING: THE WORLD BANK’S OPERATIONAL SERVICES TO COUNTRIES ON SPL SYSTEMS .......... 41

BOX 5.3: STEP: A MULTISECTORAL FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING SKILLS AND ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY ..................................... 42

BOX 5.4 PREPARING FOR THE NEXT CRISIS: BUILDING SPL SYSTEMS WITH THE RAPID SOCIAL RESPONSE PROGRAM ....................... 45

 

FIGURES

FIGURE 1.1: GOALS OF SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR ...................................................................................................... 2

FIGURE 1.2: SPL CONTRIBUTES TO PRODUCTIVITY, GROWTH, AND POVERTY REDUCTION ............................................................ 3

FIGURE 1.3: SPL PROGRAMS WORK DYNAMICALLY OVER THE LIFE CYCLE TO PROVIDE RESILIENCE, EQUITY, AND OPPORTUNITY ........ 5

FIGURE 2.1: SHARE OF SPL LENDING: IBRD, IDA AND GRANTS (FY98-11) ............................................................................. 6

FIGURE 2.2: NEW WORLD BANK COMMITMENTS TO SPL, 1998-2011 ($ MILLION) .................................................................. 8

FIGURE 3.1: CASH TRANSFERS IN AFRICA ARE FRAGMENTED ACROSS MINISTRIES AND BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ACTORS .................................................................................................................................................. 13

FIGURE 3.2: THREE LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT FOR SPL SYSTEMS ........................................................................................... 15

FIGURE 3.3: MOST OF THE POPULATION IN AFRICA, MENA, AND SOUTH ASIA RECEIVE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SPL TRANSFERS ....... 19

FIGURE 4.1: BUILDING SPL SYSTEMS APPROPRIATE FOR DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS ................................................... 25

TABLES

TABLE 3.1: A CHANGING WORLD ................................................................................................................................... 11

TABLE 6.1: SPL STRATEGY RESULTS AT A GLANCE .............................................................................................................. 47

 

 

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