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33108-012: Strategies for Improved Social Safety Nets in Asia: Critical Interventions in Social Protection
Project Data Sheet (PDS): Overview
Description
Social protection is a set of policies and programs designed to promote efficient and effective labor markets, protect individuals from the risks inherent in earning a living either from small-scale agriculture or the labor market, and provide a floor of support to individuals when market-based approaches for supporting themselves fail. Social Protection includes a series of measures and policy interventions in: (i) social insurance (unemployment, disability, old-age pensions), (ii) social assis... Read More
| Country |
Regional |
|---|---|
| Project Number | 33108-012 |
| Project Type or Modality of Assistance |
Technical Assistance |
| Financing | Public sector (Sovereign) |
| Status | |
| Approval Number |
TA No. 5897 |
| Approval Date | 28 Dec 1999 |
| Sector / Subsector Classification |
Health and social protection / Social Protection |
| Thematic Classification | Gender equity |
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