Description | Target Audience “For Protection and Promotion: the Design and Implementation of Effective Safety Nets” was a two week course aimed at providing participants with an in-depth understanding of the conceptual and practical issues involved in the development of individual safety net programs and full safety net systems that protect poor and vulnerable population groups from income risk, link them to essential social services and help them escape poverty. The course was built on the latest research findings by the World Bank and other academic and research institutions. It considered practical experience from around the world and drew lessons for low-income, middle-income and accession countries. Participants had the opportunity to present and discuss challenging social safety net issues in their own country, and work toward solutions with other participants and experts. Course Description The course adopted a mix of learning methods, including presentations based on the latest World Bank knowledge including the long-standing Safety Net primer, two new books: “For Protection and Promotion: the Design and Implementation of Effective Social Safety Nets” and “Implementation Matters: Evidence and Lessons from Targeting Performance in Eastern and Central Europe”” (forthcoming) as well as two new courses “Social Safety Nets in OECD countries” and “Controlling for Fraud, Error and Corruption in Social Protection Programs”. The course also drew on case studies of country reforms, and uses team-based exercises. It was taught by experts from the World Bank, top academic and research institutions, and other leading agencies. This course comprised four inter related and complementary topics: The justification of social safety nets and their fit in the wider development policy The choice of instruments Implementation systems and How these vary by country settings.
This year's course was designed to help policymakers, development professionals, social partners, and academics grapple with key questions dealing not only with the design and implementation of individual safety net interventions but also policy implications including the making of an integrated safety net system, financing and institutional arrangements. Just as a sampling, the course considered: What is the role of social safety nets in the broader policy agenda? How can they provide immediate redistribution and poverty reduction, allow governments to make better policy choices in a number of areas, and households to make better choices for present and future livelihoods? How much should countries spend on safety nets, how to find the fiscal space and how to manage the challenges that arise when more than one level of government is involved in the finance and/or delivery of safety net programs? What are the tools and methods used to undertake a solid diagnosis to assess the needs for safety nets, their size, target groups, individual interventions, and program mix? What are the key safety nets interventions and how do they apply under different country settings? When and under which circumstances to use Conditional Cash Transfer programs and what lessons have we learned from impact evaluation covering several programs from across the world? How to design and implement a cost effective and efficient targeting system? How to set the benefit level, the type of supporting services and what are the lessons learned from programs designed to help households escape poverty? How to set an effective monitoring system and how to control for fraud, error and corruption? What are the tools and methods used to evaluate social programs? And many more...
Target Audience This course was designed for policymakers and research staff from civil stakeholders, NGOs involved in the implementation of safety nets, researchers and trainers from academic institutions, and policy analysts from NGOs, journalists working on issues related to poverty reduction and social protection, and operational staff from the World Bank and from bilateral and multilateral donor agencies. Contact Information Ms. Azucena Seguis E-mail: aseguis@worldbank.org Fax: 1-202-676-0961 Address: World Bank Institute, 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington DC, 20433, USA
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