Regional Best Practices

The World Bank's Latin America and Caribbean region produces a publication series, "en breve", which shares knowledge on best practices implemented in regional projects.  "en breve" is a regular series of notes highlighting recent lessons emerging from the operational and analytical program of the World Bank's Latin America and Caribbean Region.  The series comes out bi-weekly in English, Spanish and occasionally Portuguese.  Below are "en breve" notes which highlight Social Protection programs and activities:

May 31, 2006, No. 91, Redistributing Income to the Poor and the Rich: Public Transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean.  Kathy Lindert, Emmanuel Skoufias and Joseph Shapiro (spanish)

December 2005, No. 83, Voice and Accountability in Transfer Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, Katherine Bain, Franka Braun and Jaime Saavedra (spanish)

March 27, 2006, No. 22, The Impact of Vulnerability and Shocks on the Poor: The GUAPA Program in Guatemala.  Emil Tesliuc and Kathy Lindert. (spanish)

September 2004, No.53, Keeping the Promise of Old Age Income Security in Latin America.
Indermit S. Gill, Truman G. Packard, Juan Yermo and Todd Pugatch

January 2004, No.38 - Pooling, Saving and Prevention: A Comprehensive Insurance Approach to Social Risk Management.  Truman Packard

December 2003, No.37 - Protecting the Poor Through Programmatic Adjustment Lending in Peru, Brazil and Colombia.  Evangeline Javier, Vicente Paqueo, Laura B. Rawlings, and Alberto Rodriguez

December 2003, No. 36, Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: An Effective Tool for Reaching the Poorest and Most Vulnerable.  Andrea Vermehren

April 2003, No. 22, The Impact of Vulnerability and Shocks on the Poor: The GUAPA Program in Guatemala. Emil Tesliuc and Kathy Lindert.

February 2003, No. 18, Colombia: Reforming the Social Safety Net.  Laura B. Rawlings

January 2003, No. 17, Mexico's PROGRESA: Innovative Targeting, Gender Focus and Impact on Social Welfare.  Quentin Wodon, Benedicte de la Briere, Corinne Siaens, and Shlomo Yitzhaki

September 2002, No. 9, Child Labor in Bolivia and Colombia. Harry Anthony Patrinos and Christiaan Grootaert.

July 2002, No.6, Dimensions of the Social Security Challenge in Brazil. Truman Packard, Juan Yermo, and Indermit Gill.

May 2002, No. 2, Social Exclusion in Urban Uruguay. Judy L. Baker.

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