Madagascar - Three Years into the Crisis : An Assessment of Vulnerability and Social Policies and Prospects for the Future, Volume 2. Background Papers

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: AGED;    AID DISBURSEMENT;    AID EFFECTIVENESS;    BASIC FOOD COMMODITIES;    BASIC HEALTH;   

RP-ID  :  AAA68

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The report is divided into two volumes.The first volume includes the fundamental content of thereport. It is organized as follows. Chapter one provides aconceptual framework to analyze risk and vulnerability andprovides a definition of social protection. Chapter twoassesses the main risks faced by the Malagasy population aswell as its vulnerability profile. Chapter three reviewsMadagascar's social protection policies, theinstitutions responsible for social protection and thefinancial resources allocated to social protection by thegovernment, donors and Non-Governmental Organizations(NGOs). Chapter four proceeds with a description andanalysis of the main social protection programs presentlyunder implementation in Madagascar. Chapter five builds onthe previous chapters but also on the experience of otherlow income countries, especially in Africa. It outlines themain principles of a social protection strategy andrecommends priority actions for implementation including inthe immediate aftermath of a resolution to the currentpolitical crisis. As such, this report is intended tocontribute to future governments' own formulation andimplementation of a social protection strategy. The secondvolume includes a number of background papers that werecommissioned during the preparation of this report. Thesepapers are as follows: strategic directions for socialprotection in Madagascar by Anthony Hodges; Poverty,Vulnerability and Sources of Risks by TiarayRazafimanantena; vulnerability analysis by INSTAT; Review ofSocial Protection Programs by Julia Rachel Ravelosoa;analysis of public spending on social protection inMadagascar by Maminirinarivo Ralaivelo; description andAnalysis of the Tsena Mora Program by MaminirinarivoRalaivelo; review and analysis of spending on socialprotection by NGOs by Francis Hary Soleman Kone; case study:cash transfer and other forms of education support forchildren of poor households by Brigitte LalasoaRandrianasolo and payment mechanisms to transfer cash to thePoor in Madagascar by Josiane Robiarivony Rakotomanga.