Catalog

Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific
Edited by Isabel D. Ortiz

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The publication is a practical and comprehensive manual for policy-makers and professionals in the field. The volume presents a menu of social protection interventions and the way to prioritize them, assessing for each topic:

• theoretical approaches
• project design issues in the five areas of social protection - labor markets, social insurance, social assistance, micro and area-based schemes to protect communities, and child protection

The appendixes provide a thorough matrix summarizing social protection policies, and detailed statistical tables.

Additional papers were developed for areas of special interest. When implemented properly, these social protection policies and programs can make a major contribution to ADB's overarching goal of reducing poverty.

However, not all policies and programs are adequate everywhere; country priorities differ substantially given that the needs, available resources and delivery mechanisms vary from country to country.

The final paper presents

• a synthesis of the social protection approaches
• criteria for the evaluation of the country needs, financial and institutional resources for optimal social protection
• a framework on how to prioritize interventions in the Asia and Pacific region

This framework is not simply a theoretical proposal - is the basis of ADB's Social Protection Strategy, approved by all ADB member countries in September 2001, under which ADB operates.

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Contents

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Foreword,Acknowledgements, About the Authors, Table of Contents, List of Boxes, List of Figures, List of Tables, Acronyms and Abbreviations [ PDF: 1,950kb | 40 pages ]

Chapter 1 – Introduction [ PDF: 922kb | 18 pages ]

Chapter 2 – Labor Market Policies: Theoretical Background [ PDF: 2,698kb | 54 pages ]

Chapter 3 – Labor Market Policies: Project and Program Issues [ PDF: 986kb | 19 pages ]

Chapter 4 - Social Insurance: Theoretical Background [ PDF: 2,511 kb | 50 pages ]

Chapter 5 – Social Insurance: Project and Program Issues [ PDF: 2,553kb | 51 pages ]

Chapter 6 – Operation of Pension Systems: Public or Private? [ PDF: 1,122kb | 22 pages ]

Chapter 7 - Social Assistance: Theoretical Background [ PDF: 2,489kb | 50 pages ]

Chapter 8 - Social Assistance: Project and Program Issues [ PDF: 2,881 kb | 58 pages ]

Chapter 9 - Micro and Are-based Schemes: Theoretical Background [ PDF: 2,099kb | 42 pages ]

Chapter 10 - Micro and Are-based Schemes: Project and Program Issues [ PDF: 1,066kb | 21 pages ]

Chapter 11 - Social Funds: Theoretical Background [ PDF: 1,569kb | 31 pages ]

Chapter 12 - Social Funds: Project and Program Issues [ PDF: 1,008kb | 20 pages ]

Chapter 13 – Disaster Preparedness and Management [ PDF: 1,217kb | 22 pages ]

Chapter 14 - Child Protection: Theoretical Background [ PDF: 2,106kb | 42 pages ]

Chapter 15 - Child Protection: Project and Program Issues [ PDF: 1,701kb | 34 pages ]

Chapter 16 - Investing in Children: Child Protection and Economic Growth [ PDF: 1,018kb | 20 pages ]

Chapter 17 - Conclusion: Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific [ PDF: 2,344kb | 45 pages ]

Appendixes

1. Summary of Selected Social Protection Policies [ PDF: 635kb | 12 pages ]
2. Glossary of Social Protection Terms [ PDF: 336kb | 6 pages ]
3. Statistical Tables [ PDF: 647kb | 12 pages ]

Selected Bibliography [ PDF: 801kb | 15 pages ]

Index [ PDF: 860kb | 17 pages ]