Description: Promoting an Integral Social Protection System

Promoting an Integral Social Protection System

This note reviews the challenges in Mexico s social protection system and possible options to achieve an integral and effective system that is more than the sum of its parts. Mexico s social protection system includes contributory social security s...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABILITY TO PAY ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCOUNTING AFFILIATES AGING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALCOHOL ABUSE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES CANCER CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CHILD CARE CHRONIC CONDITIONS CITIZENS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONSOLIDATION COUNSELING CRISES DAY LABORERS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIABETES DIETS DISASTERS DROPOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC CRISES ELDERLY EMERGENCIES FAMILIES FISCAL REFORM HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH REFORM HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE HEALTH SYSTEMS HOSPITAL HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESSES IMPACT EVALUATIONS INCOME INCOME SECURITY INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS INEQUITIES INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSURANCE PREMIUMS INSURANCE SCHEMES INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL TRENDS INTERVENTION INVENTORY JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INTERVENTIONS LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOUR LEGAL FRAMEWORK LONGER LIVES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEDICINES MORTALITY MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL DISASTERS NUTRITION OLD AGE OLD-AGE PENSIONS POPULATION GROUPS PREGNANCY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROVIDER PAYMENT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETIREMENT RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SECONDARY SCHOOL SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSISTENCE FARMING TAX COLLECTION TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY USE OF HEALTH SERVICES USER FEES VULNERABLE GROUPS WORKERS YOUNGER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17568246/promoting-integral-social-protection-system http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16576

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Summary:	This note reviews the challenges in Mexico s social protection system and possible options to achieve an integral and effective system that is more than the sum of its parts. Mexico s social protection system includes contributory social security schemes, social assistance programs, and labor market programs. The contributory social security schemes offer pensions and health insurance to formal sector workers to protect against income shocks and help smooth consumption over the life cycle. The recent noncontributory Social Protection System in Health (SPSH) provides health insurance to people not covered by formal schemes. To prevent poverty and promote greater human development, Mexico has several social assistance interventions, including Oportunidades, a conditional cash transfer program for the chronically poor, and 70 y Mas, a noncontributory old-age income-support program. Finally, the social protection system also includes several labor market interventions that promote employability, facilitate job matching, and protect workers against economic shocks. This note reviews the progress achieved so far by Mexico s social protection system and its remaining challenges to achieve an integrated system that provides effective protection to all Mexicans from income shocks, that helps them smooth consumption over the life cycle and promotes greater human development.

Promoting an Integral Social Protection System

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