Safety Nets and Conditional Cash Transfers
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 | Opportunities to Improve Social Protection Sector Performance in the Pacific Islands
January 2007
In the Pacific region, social protection has historically been an area of low government involvement. Strong traditional practices have held families and communities responsible for the most vulnerable members of society. In a recent study, the World Bank and regional partner's looked at human development across the Pacific region. This is a summary from that study of key issues in the social protection sector and some strategic approaches for addressing them. |
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| Country Report (Strategy Paper)
Managing Risk and Vulnerability in Cambodia : An Assessment and Strategy for Social Protection (448kb pdf)
June 2006
The note examines coping strategies employed by the poor and vulnerable to deal with risk in Cambodia, reviews existing social protection mechanisms, and lays out priority areas for support by the World Bank and other partners in the social protection sector. |
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| Country Report (Working Paper)
Mongolia: Assessment of the Child Money Program and Properties of its Targeting MethodologyÂ
April 2006
This report is part of the collaboration between the Government of Mongolia and the World Bank to assess the effectiveness of the Child Money Program, a conditional cash transfers program established in 2005 in an effort to move away from the "old" system of social assisstance. |
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| Country Report (Discussion Paper)
Testing Vietnam's Public Safety Net (120kb pdf)
October 2003
The paper investigates whether Vietnam's main social welfare transfers promoted poor people out of poverty and whether they protected the non-poor from becoming poor, among other issues. |
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Safety Nets and Social Insurance |
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Comparing Individual Retirement Accounts in Asia (405kb pdf)
September 2006Â
The paper compares the different approaches of China, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore to how managing individual retirement accounts. |
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| (Discussion Paper)
Japan's Pension Reform - Final Draft (616kb pdf)
December 2005
The government of Japan started the pension reform discussion in light of population projections published in January 2002 showing further improvement of mortality and more decline of birth rate. |
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| Country Report (Working Paper)
China - Pension Liabilities and Reform Options for Old Age Insurance
May 2005
The report was developed in support of ongoing efforts to help build human capacity to improve the country's old age insurance system. The report quantifies pension liabilities nationwide; highlights systemic problems; and suggests reform options. |
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Labor and Migration
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| Regional Report
Labor Migration in the Greater Mekong Sub-region  Â
November 2006
Labor migration between GMS countries is on the increase. This report is an stock-taking exercise of all information available on these migration flows, and incorporates some new analysis of different datasets. It also provides a detailed description of migration policies in the sub-region. |
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Children's Work in Cambodia : A Challenge for Growth and Poverty Reduction
December 2006
The report analyzes the situation and determinants of child labor in Cambodia. It also provides an overview of the national response and a background for the discussion of different policy options. |
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| Regional Publication
at Home and Away: Expanding Job Opportunities for Pacific Islanders Through Labor Mobility
August 2006
The main purpose of this report is to examine the economic arguments in favor of greater labor mobility, by addressing demographic pressures, impact of remittances, and the design of balanced and practical labor mobility programs. |
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| The Labor Market Impact of Minimum Wage Policy: The Case of Timor-Leste in Comparative Perspective
March 2006
The report provides an analysis of labor market conditions and wages in Timor-Leste. It also aims to inform wage policy discussions in light of international and regional experience on wage policy and wage setting mechanisms.
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| Country Report - Draft
Enterprises, Workers and Skills in Urban Timor-Leste (364kb pdf)
November 2005
Based on analysis of a survey conducted by Dili Institute of Technology, the report isolates the characteristics and issues of urban labor markets in Timor and makes recommendations from these. |
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| Country Report (Policy Research Paper)
International Migration, Human Capital and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Philippine Migrants' Exchange Rate Shocks
April 2005
Millions of households in developing countries receive financial support from family members working overseas. This report addresses how the economic prospects of overseas migrants affect household investments. |
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| Country Report (Discussion Paper)
The limited job prospects of displaced workers, Evidence from two cities in China
October 2006
Using survey data from two large industrial cities in China this study analyzes the labor market stituation of 2,000 workers displaced as a result of economic restructuring two years after they were observed as displaced and unemployed. |
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Disability
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| Regional Report
Disability Issues in East Asia: Review and Ways Forward (1.3mb pdf)
July 2003
This paper recommends ways to include disability issues at the regional and sector levels by reviewing the prevalence of disability and related issues, challenges confronting persons with disabilities, and good practices, innovative approaches, and effective organizations in the region.
Also see:
 Disability in the East Asia and Pacific Region (links to main WB Disability website)
 Video on Disability |
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