Botswana Social Protection Assessment

World Bank

Gaborone, Botswana

关键词: ABSOLUTE POVERTY;    ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS;    AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT;    AGRICULTURAL SECTOR;    ANTI-POVERTY;   

RP-ID  :  86009

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Botswana is a small, landlocked,upper-middle-income country with a gross domestic product(GDP) of United States (U.S.) 17.3 billion dollars in 2011.Despite high levels of economic growth over the past twodecades, poverty and inequality persist in Botswana andunemployment is high. The Government of Botswana (GoB) hasdeveloped and approved key strategic documents thatarticulate its long-term development objectives, includingthose in the social protection sector. The purpose of thisassessment is to inform Botswana's future socialprotection and labor strategy and policies and help toachieve the goals of vision 2016. The assessmentconcentrates on social assistance programs as major reformsare already taking place or being considered for activelabor market programs (ALMP) and social insurance programs.As social assistance programs are a significant draw on theGoB's budget and revenues from mining are projected todecline over the medium term, it will inevitably benecessary to increase the cost-effectiveness of existingprograms. This assessment draws on the World Bank'sAfrica social protection strategy for 2012-2022 which, inaddition to the issues addressed by the overall World Banksocial protection strategy, stresses the need to focus onthe targeted delivery of social services and on issues ofgood governance, efficient program design and delivery, andcountry-driven system development. To meet its objectives,the assessment is organized as follows: chapter one gives abrief discussion of the conceptual framework, chapter twodiscusses the principal vulnerable groups in Botswana andthe risks that they face. Chapter three reviews theprincipal policies and programs that are already in place toaddress the risks that have been identified as well as theexisting informal social protection arrangements. Chapterfour assesses the adequacy of the social protection systemby analyzing spending; program coverage, overlaps, and gaps;program generosity; targeting efficiency;cost-effectiveness; incentive compatibility andsustainability; monitoring and evaluation; and institutionalarrangements. Chapter five contains recommendations.