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Social Insurance and Protection Schemes for Children (SIPS) Pilot Project

Consultants: Client:

Tanya Chen Alejandra Davidziuk John Lindsay Martin Mercado Natalia Meszaros

 There currently exists disparate social

assistance programmes.

 Potential programme of

“International Child and Family Support”.

 The potential goal is to help low and

middle income countries initiate children’s protection programmes.

 We are the consultants for this pilot project

Background

 Literature Review

 To understand current dialogue, theory and

existing programmes regarding children’s social protection.

 Classification of Programmes

 Theoretical foundation of project

 Institutional Mapping

 Country specific programme research

Outcomes

 Three commonalities:

 Vulnerability and risk  Levels of deprivation deemed unacceptable  Policies and programmes that are both social

and universal in character

Social Protection Definition

Vulnerability and Risk Deprivation Social and Universal Policies

Social Protection Definition

“A collection of measures to improve or protect human capital, ranging from labor market interventions, publicly-mandated unemployment or old-age insurance to targeted income support.” World Bank “Policies and programmes designed to reduce poverty and vulnerability by promoting efficient labour markets, diminishing people’s exposure to risks, and enhancing their capacity to protect themselves against hazards and the interruption/loss of income.” Asian Development Bank Public actions taken in response to levels of vulnerability, risk or deprivation which are deemed socially unacceptable within a given society. UK Department for Intl. Development

 Important themes

 Universality  Threshold  Programmes  Focusing on Children

Creating a New Definition

Our Working Definition

“Policies and programmes that strengthen those public and private institutions that support all children whose vulnerabilities increase beyond a socially acceptable level.”

Classification of Programmes

 Cash Transfers  In-Kind Transfers  Tax Benefits / Tax Credits  National Legal Framework  Additional Policies

Classification of Programmes

Policy Types

Cash Transfers

Unconditional

In-Kind Transfers

Conditional Unconditional Conditional

Education Health Family Child/family allowances Lone parents Unemployment benefits Housing Multi-generational Vulnerable children Education Health Family Child/family allowances Lone parents Unemployment benefits Housing Multi-generational Vulnerable children Education Health Family Child/family allowances Lone parents Unemployment benefits Housing Multi-generational Vulnerable children Education Health Family Child/family allowances Lone parents Unemployment benefits Housing Multi-generational Vulnerable children

Institutional Mapping

Brazil Bangladesh Indonesia Jamaica Kenya

Food For Education Income Generation Vulnerable Group Development Primary Education Stipend Program Rural Maintenance Program Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Program Abono Salarial Young Program

• f Social and

Human Development Program Bolsa Família Sentinela Programme Eradication of Child Labor Programme Serviços de Ação Continuada Special Market Operations for Rice Scholarship and Block Grant for Primary and Junior; or Higher Education. Social Safety Net for the Health Sector Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education Cash Subsidy for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS Primary School Child Deworming Project National Centre for Childhood Education Early Childhood Development Project

 Policy Type  Year started and length of programme  Agencies involved  Programme description  Targeting  Conditionalities  Coverage (how many people, households)  Cost  Programme sources

Institutional Mapping

 Food For Education (FFE)

 Policy Type – Conditional In-Kind Transfer,

changed to Conditional Cash Transfer.

 Year started and length of programme – 1993.  Coverage: 27% of all primary school (2000), 2.1

million household (2000)

 Cost: US$0.10/student/day – US$77million (2000)

Institutional Mapping

Bangladesh

 What we did

 Initial Literature Review  Existing definitions of Social Protection  Our definition of Social Protection  Constructed Conceptual Framework  Country Specific Research  Institutional Mapping

Conclusion

 Why we did it

 There is a lack of research on:

 The theory of “children’s social protection”  What policies / programmes exist

 No standard definition  No standard conceptual framework  No comprehensive database or institutional

mapping

Conclusion

 Why what we did was important

 This pilot project could be the foundation for a

comprehensive database

 The database could support a UNICEF

programme of International Child and Family Support

 A policy initiative to support social security type

benefits for children worldwide

Conclusion

 What was learned

 There is a lack of basic information on what a

children’s social protection programme should include

 There is a lack of information on what programmes

currently provide social protection for children

 When information does exist it is often old, contradictory or

incomplete

 The research for this report ended up proving

the need for this report, and the vital need for continued in-depth research in to children’s social protection

Conclusion

Conclusion

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