Social Protection in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Countries : Trends and Challenges

Ovadiya, Mirey ; Kryeziu, Adea ; Masood, Syeda ; Zapatero, Eric

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: CHILD HEALTH;    RISKS;    SAFETY NET PROGRAMS;    COMMUNITY PROJECTS;    ECONOMIC GROWTH;   

RP-ID  :  99494

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This discussion paper is the firstoutput under the umbrella of the programmatic work on socialprotection in fragile and conflict-affected states. Thiswork aims to develop operational guidance to teams on thelikely determinants of effective social protectionprogramming and policy making in fragile andconflict-affected settings. This paper elaborates on therole of social protection programming, and programmingdesign and implementation features, that are prominent infragile and conflict-affected states. In particular, thepaper objectives in these countries, reflects on theirrevealed objectives, and discusses programming optionschosen to achieve those objectives as well as how severalcountries have overcome particular operational and capacityconstraints. This paper presents a methodology that has beendevised to group countries based on income, capacity, andextent of enabling environment. Use of this methodology willaid in understanding trends, patterns, and key factors inpolicy making and programming choices, good and bad.