Income Support for Persons with Disabilities in Middle East and North Africa : Social Insurance and Beyond
This report proposes a toolkit which can be used to produce national assessments in MENA countries. The toolkit consists of a series of four questionnaires to be completed by institutions delivering specific programs in the areas of Social Assistan...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26740183/income-support-persons-disabilities-middle-east-north-africa-mena-social-insurance-beyond http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25179 |
| Summary: | This report proposes a toolkit which can
be used to produce national assessments in MENA countries.
The toolkit consists of a series of four questionnaires to
be completed by institutions delivering specific programs in
the areas of Social Assistance, Social Insurance, Health and
Education. A first attempt was made to collect primary
information from a selected group of countries in the
region, but the level of response was low and it resulted
evident that systematic collection of data from widespread
sources can be best achieved if supported by field work,
possibly in connection with ongoing operations, as in the
case of a recent assessment produced by the World Bank in
Palestine. Social Insurance programs are probably the ones
where information is most readily available. In addition,
there may be important learning for other programs if
further analysis is conducted for these programs. Better
understanding and improvements in critical related processes
such as disability assessment, costs and the links with
rehabilitation programs in Social Insurance may render
important lessons for the better implementation of other
programs addressed to PWD. The logical sequence of to
present our findings should start from a system’s level,
down to specific programs. However, given the relatively
better availability of data on Social Insurance programs, we
have adopted an alternative sequence, and present a
discussion of disability pensions in section two, followed
by a presentation of the toolkit to assess programs from a
system’s perspective in section three. Specifically, the
toolkit is included as annexes one to four. |
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