Handbook on social protection systems / edited by Esther Schüring, Markus Loewe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schuring, Esther., Editor.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Schuring, Esther, editor.

Loewe, Markus, editor.

Series:

Elgar Handbooks in Social Policy and Welfare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political planning.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (776 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This exciting and innovative Handbook provides readers with a comprehensive and globally relevant overview of the instruments, actors and design features of social protection systems, as well as their application and impacts in practice. It is the first book that centres around system building globally, a theme that has gained political importance yet has received relatively little attention in academia.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Tables

Boxes

Contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1. Introduction to the Handbook on Social Protection Systems

PART I INSTRUMENTS

Introduction: Instruments

2. Social transfers

Case study A: Non-contributory social cash transfers in Zambia

Case study B: Universal basic income grant in theory and practice

3. Social insurance

Case study C: Transforming healthcare financing in Central and Eastern European countries

Case study D: Challenges of pension funds in Iran

4. Labour market policies

Case study E: Labour market policies in MENA countries

5. Social services

6. Micro-insurance

PART II SYSTEM DESIGN

Introduction: System design

7. Financing

8. Targeting

9. Human rights approaches

10. Actors

11. Systematic approaches to social protection

Case study F: The challenges of moving towards universal social protection in Bolivia

Case study G: Comprehensive social protection reform in South Africa

PART III POLICY COORDINATION

Introduction: Policy coordination

12. Harmonization of similar instruments

13. Coordination of different instruments

Case study H: Poverty and social transfer coverage in the Kingdom of Eswatini

14. Graduation

15. Taxation and social protection

Case study I: Simplified tax regimes and their impact on social insurance in Uruguay

16. The humanitarian-development nexus

Case study J: Emergency cash transfers in Yemen

Case study K: Palestine's national cash transfer programme: An example of cash transfer programming in a humanitarian setting

17. Social budgeting

PART IV GROUPS IN FOCUS

Introduction: Groups in focus

18. Gender and social protection

Case study L: Gender analysis of social protection in Iran.

19. Disability inclusion and social protection

20. Child-sensitive social protection

21. The elderly and social protection

22. The informal sector and social protection

Case study M: Extension of the contributory pension scheme to small-scale farmers in Zambia

23. Refugees and social protection

PART V ADMINISTRATION

Introduction: Administration

24. Delivering social transfers

25. Delivering social insurance

26. Integrated information management

27. Portability

28. Decentralization

Case study N: Capacity development for social protection in Zambia

PART VI POLITICAL ECONOMY

Introduction: Political economy

29. International actors and social protection

30. Public preferences

31. The political economy of social protection adoption

Case study O: Political economy of social protection in Kenya

Case study P: Political economy of the basic income grant in South Africa

32. Acceptability of social protection reforms

PART VII EFFECTS

Introduction: Effects

33. Data and analysis in social protection

Case study Q: An evidence and gap map of effectiveness studies: social protection interventions in low- and middle-income countries

34. Effects of social protection on poverty and inequality

35. Effects of social protection on food consumption and nutrition

36. Effects of social protection on health

37. The effects of social protection on economic development

38. Effects of social protection on social inclusion, social cohesion and nation building

PART VIII MAJOR CHALLENGES AND REFORM OPTIONS

Introduction: Major challenges and reform options

39. Demographic change

40. Globalization

41. The future of work

42. Climate change

43. Pandemics and other macro crises

Case study R: A humanitarian social protection response to COVID-19 in Kenya

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781839109119

1839109114