Reducing vulnerability and increasing opportunity : social protection in the Middle East and North Africa /

Despite social, and economic diversity within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, social protection systems share common characteristics. This report develops a framework for a more integrated approach to social protection, and proposes general strategic lines of actions to guide the ref...

• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2002
• Series: Orientations in development series
• Subjects: BIENESTAR SOCIAL; POLITICA SOCIAL; BANCO MUNDIAL; ORIENTE MEDIO; AFRICA DEL NORTE; PROTECCION SOCIAL; BIENESTAR ECONOMICO Y SOCIAL; BIRF

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Executive summary
• 1. The challenges of social protection: identifying risks and vulnerable groups in the MENA Region
• 2. Assessing current formal and informal mechanisms for social protection
• 3. Strengthening the social protection system: setting priorities and reallocating resources
• 4. The World Bank's role
• Appendixes
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Boxes
• Figures
• Tables