Research Catalog

Title

For protection and promotion : the design and implementation of effective safety nets / Margaret Grosh ... [et al.]

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2008.

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Additional Authors

Grosh, Margaret E.

Description

xvii, 587 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"Drawing on a wealth of research, policy, and operational documents from both academia and the World Bank's work in over 100 countries. For Protection and Promotion provides pragmatic and informed guidance on how to design and implement safety nets, including useful information on how to define eligibility and select beneficiaries, set and pay benefits, and monitor and evaluate programs and systems. The book synthesizes the literature to date and enriches it with new examples on various program options-cash transfers (conditional and unconditional), in-kind transfers, price subsidies, fee waivers, and public works. It concludes with a comprehensive diagnostic for fitting safety net systems and programs to specific circumstances."--Jacket.

Subject

• Economic assistance, Domestic
• Poor > Services for
• Poverty > Prevention
• Social planning
• Social policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-566) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- The case for safety nets -- Financing of and spending on safety nets -- Enrolling the client : targeting, eligibility, and intake -- Benefit levels and delivery mechanisms -- Using monitoring and evaluation to improve programs -- Understanding common interventions -- Assisting traditionally vulnerable groups -- Weaving the safety net -- Customizing safety nets for different contexts.

ISBN

• 9780821375815 (alk. paper)
• 9780821375822

LCCN

^^2008032155

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library