Description: Pakistan - Towards an Integrated National Safety Net System : Assisting Poor and Vulnerable Households, An Analysis of Pakistan's Main Cash Transfer Program

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Pakistan - Towards an Integrated National Safety Net System : Assisting Poor and Vulnerable Households, An Analysis of Pakistan's Main Cash Transfer Program

The vision of Pakistan's social protection strategy to reach the poor and vulnerable (2007) is 'to develop an integrated and comprehensive social protection system, covering all the population, but especially the poorest and the most vuln...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO JOBS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS BASIC NEEDS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENTS BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS BENEFICIARY SURVEY CALORIC CONSUMPTION CALORIC INTAKE CALORIE AVAILABILITY CASH GRANT CASH GRANTS CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CASH-TRANSFER CHEAPER FOOD CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOUR CHILD SUPPORT CHILD WELFARE CHRONICALLY POOR CONDITIONAL CASH CONSUMER PRICES COOKING COPING MECHANISMS COPING STRATEGIES CREDIT MARKETS DAIRY DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DROUGHT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION EXTERNAL SHOCKS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD ASSISTANCE FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD INSECURITY FOOD INTAKE FOOD ITEMS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PROGRAM FOOD STAPLES FOOD TRANSFERS FRUIT GRAINS GRANT PROGRAM HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS IMPACT OF SHOCKS IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME SHOCK INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SUPPORT INDICATORS OF POVERTY INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LIMITED ACCESS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT LOSS OF INCOME MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MALNUTRITION MARKET FAILURES MEANS TEST MEAT MILK MINIMUM INCOME NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL SHOCKS NEAR POOR NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUTRITION OUTCOMES OLD AGE PENSION PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATION POOR WOMEN POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY SITUATION POVERTY STATUS PREVENTATIVE HEALTH PREVENTIVE HEALTH PRICE SUBSIDIES PRICE SUBSIDY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PROTECTION MECHANISMS PROTECTION POLICY PROTECTION SYSTEM PUBLIC SERVICE PURCHASING POWER QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS REDUCTION IN POVERTY REFORM PROCESS REGIONAL TARGETING REGIONAL VARIATION RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESOURCE MOBILIZATION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOLING SHOCK SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CARE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS SOCIAL WELFARE SPICES STAPLE FOODS SUBSISTENCE SUGAR SUPPORT PROGRAM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TRANSFER BENEFIT TRANSFER PROGRAM UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS VEGETABLES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE SEGMENTS VULNERABLE WOMEN WELFARE DISTRIBUTION WHEAT WHEAT SUBSIDY WORLD FOOD PROGRAM ZAKAT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17286460/pakistan-towards-integrated-national-safety-net-system http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13254

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Summary:	The vision of Pakistan's social protection strategy to reach the poor and vulnerable (2007) is 'to develop an integrated and comprehensive social protection system, covering all the population, but especially the poorest and the most vulnerable'. Consistent with this vision, the goals of the strategy are identified as: 1) to support chronically poor households and protect them against destitution, food insecurity, exploitation and social exclusion; 2) to protect poor and vulnerable households from the impacts of adverse shocks to their consumption and well-being that, if not mitigated, would push non poor households into poverty, and poor households into deeper poverty; and 3) to promote investment in human and physical assets, including health, nutrition, and education, by poor households capable of ensuring their resilience in the medium run and of interrupting the intergenerational cycle of poverty. This vision is fully consistent with the World Bank's social protection and labor strategy for 2012-2022, which recognizes that effective social protection and labor policies and programs help create the resilience, equity and access to jobs and opportunities essential to save lives, reduce poverty and promote sustainable growth. The focus of this report is Pakistan's main safety net program: the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), which is only one part of the broader poverty reduction and social protection interventions. In particular, social protection includes labor policy, contributory social insurance, and social care services as well as safety nets. Pakistan's social protection system comprises safety nets, social security and employment promotion and protection.