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Strengthening Policies and Programmes on Social Safety Nets: Issues, Recommendations and Selected Studies
Social Policy Paper No. 8, 2001
ST/ESCAP/2163

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Preface

Part One: Social Safety Nets in the Philippines: Analysis and Prospects 1
I. Background
II. Social safety nets policies and programmes
III. The role of local government units
IV. Development partners and their contribution
V. Financing
VI. Lessons learned

Part Two: Social Safety Nets in Thailand: Analysis and Prospects
I. Background
II. The context of social protection
III. Social safety net projects
IV. Financing
V. Social reforms and the crisis
VI. Conclusions
VII. Recommendations

Part Three: Social Safety Nets in the Republic of Korea:
Analysis and Prospects
I. Background of social safety nets
II. Social safety nets in the Republic of Korea
III. Review of social safety nets for the unemployed in the
Republic of Korea and Policy Recommendations
IV. Financing
V. The role of development partners
VI. Conclusions and Recommendations

Part Four: Social Safety Nets in Indonesia: Analysis and Prospects
I. Background
II. Selected social safety net programmes during the crisis
III. Observations
IV. The role of development partners
V. Financing
VI. Recommendations

Part Five: An Integrated Study of Selected Social Safety Net Policies and Programmes in Asia and the Pacific
I. General considerations
II. The 1997 crisis: Impacts and policy context
III. Social safety nets: Strengths and weaknesses
IV. Institutional arrangements
V. Financing
VI. Some policy considerations and recommendations

Part Six: Report of the Regional Seminar on Strengthening Policies and Programmes on Social Safety Nets
I. Organization of the Seminar
II. Opening of the Seminar
III. Adoption of the Agenda
IV. Overview of the project
V. Regional overview of social safety nets policies and
programmes
VI. Review of experiences
VII. The way forward
VIII. Closing of the Seminar