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110	2		_aBanco Mundial _96648
245	1	0	_aReducing vulnerability and increasing opportunity : _bsocial protection in the Middle East and North Africa / _cWorld Bank.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bWorld Bank, _c2002
300			_axvi, 170 p. : _bil.
490	0		_aOrientations in development series
504			_aIncluye bibliografía
505	0		_aForeword -- 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
520			_aDespite 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 reform of social protection systems in the MENA region. It argues that, while during the 1970s and 1980s, economic growth rates outweighed growth rates in other regions, and social indicators improved dramatically, the model of development was not sustainable. It further, discusses key features, and major weaknesses of the social protection systems in the MENA countries, by defining an alternative framework for social protection. However, it also argues that traditional social protection schemes, cannot constitute the sole mechanism to protect vulnerable population groups, help the poor, or increase social welfare. Actions outside the traditional social protection system, suggest promoting prudent macroeconomic management, improving governance, rethinking regulatory institutions, and reforming education, and health systems. Concurrently, actions within the traditional social protection system, include improvements in the financial sustainability of social insurance systems, reforming training systems, and designing safety nets as developmental, and community-based, not just assistance, and centrally administered schemes.
650		4	_aBIENESTAR SOCIAL _92036
650		4	_aPOLITICA SOCIAL _9901
650		4	_aBANCO MUNDIAL _93071
651		4	_aORIENTE MEDIO _9852
651		4	_aAFRICA DEL NORTE _9172
653			_aPROTECCION SOCIAL
653		4	_aBIENESTAR ECONOMICO Y SOCIAL
653			_aBIRF
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