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Author | : Mukul G. Asher |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2015-04-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1317510666 |
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This book focuses on relatively unexplored areas in pension and health care arrangements, including financing, in East Asia. The book aims to fill the literature gap on social protection in East Asia by covering issues such as pension and health care arrangements in the depopulating high income countries of Japan and Korea; the challenges of the pay-out phase in Defined Contribution (DC) arrangements in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore; and the extension of coverage of social protection schemes in China, India, and Indonesia. It also reviews social protection from a much wider perspective and extends coverage of social protection in terms of both the proportion of the population with access to the social protection scheme and the types of risks faced by the households and by society as a whole. The book also gives attention to reforms of civil service pensions.
Author | : Jimin Ha |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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In many Asia-Pacific countries, social security systems - which include pension and healthcare systems - are weak in terms of its coverage and benefits, with a significant proportion of the population left out of the system. These systems are now being challenged in the face of rapid population aging, which is compounded by the 2008 global financial crisis, with tighter budgetary and fiscal constraints in place despite greater needs for higher level of old-age related expenditure and better social safety net. Re-examination of the social protection system at the country level is needed. On that note, this new book Strengthening Social Protection in East Asia is timely as it investigates each system through a handful of distinct issues relevant to the region, along with some policy prescriptions and feasible reform measures.
Author | : Peter Saunders |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2019-06-20 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1351585754 |
Download Social Protection in East Asian Chinese Societies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Despite its impressive economic growth, East Asia is facing daunting challenges in mitigating its social problems, including chronic poverty and worsening social inequality. The past decade has seen growing scholarly interest in the development of East Asian social policies not only because of the sheer size of the population and its global impact, but also due to the stark contrast between this region’s economic prosperity and the ongoing issue of severe social inequality. This book presents a collection of studies on aspects of social protection in East Asian Chinese societies, including Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Contributions by leading social policy scholars working in and on the region aim to promote scholarly understanding of the pressures facing social protection systems in East Asia, identify existing gaps and emerging social policy issues and review the effectiveness of existing programmes. The evidence presented and insights generated will promote further debate and facilitate meaningful comparative social policy studies in the region and beyond. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Asian Public Policy.
Author | : Mukul G. Asher |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2018-04-09 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1351867776 |
Download Social Protection Goals in East Asia Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The book examines the conceptual, economic, and fiscal impact(s) of the Social Protection Floor (SPF) initiative of the International Labor Organisation (ILO) and other policy influencers by first critically examining the methodologies used by the international agencies to estimate the fiscal costs of designated minimum package(s) of social protection programs. The book also briefly reviews the methodologies used and usefulness of the Social Protection Index (SPI) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Second, the book analyses strategies and specific initiatives used by the selected East Asian countries (China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam), designed to progress towards the social protection goals underlying the Social Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, and endorsed by the countries covered in this book. Finally, the book provides a framework for generating fiscal space to fund the social protection programs and initiatives. The country chapters utilise this framework in the context of each specific country to suggest generating fiscal space.
Author | : Asian Development Bank |
Publisher | : Asian Development Bank |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2022-12-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9292699288 |
Download The Social Protection Indicator for Asia Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This report assesses social protection measures in Asia and outlines the need for more inclusive, shock-responsive policies to cut poverty and to spur equitable development. Centered around ADB’s Social Protection Indicator, it assesses data from 26 countries to show how measures are evolving to provide increased support and opportunities for the poor, women, and people with disabilities. Explaining why the COVID-19 pandemic made many more vulnerable, the report suggests that it also offers opportunities for longer-term expansion of social protection. It proposes measures for strengthening data collection and compilation to enhance design and effectiveness of social protection.
Author | : Erfried Adam |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Asia |
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Author | : Andrew Rosser |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2023-07-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1108888364 |
Download Contesting Social Welfare in Southeast Asia Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This Element argues that Southeast Asia's failure to develop stronger social protection systems has been, at its root, a matter of politics and power. It has reflected the political dominance within the region of predatory and technocratic elements, and the relative weakness of progressive elements. From the mid-1980s, democratisation, the emergence of political entrepreneurs seeking to mobilise mass electoral support, and the occurrence of severe economic and social crises generated pressure on governments within the region to strengthen their social protection systems. But while such developments shifted policy in a more progressive direction, they have been insufficient to produce far-reaching change. Rather, they have produced a layering effect. Innovations have built upon pre-existing policy and institutional arrangements without fundamentally altering these arrangements, ensuring that social protection systems continue to have strong conservative, productivist and predatory attributes.
Author | : Sri Wening Handayani |
Publisher | : Asian Development Bank |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2012-07-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9290927275 |
Download Social Protection for Older Persons Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The rising number of older persons in Asia has accentuated the importance of strengthening the systems of social protection in the region. This book examines the effectiveness and relevance of noncontributory or social pensions in supporting older persons in Asia. It discusses the political economy and financial sustainability of social pension reform, implications for gender equity and social rights, and design and implementation challenges. Case studies from Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, Viet Nam, and South Caucasus and Central Asia provide key lessons for informing development policy and practice in Asia and the Pacific.
Author | : Asian Development Bank |
Publisher | : Asian Development Bank |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2019-07-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9292616714 |
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This publication provides updates on Social Protection Indicators of 24 countries in Asia, with an analysis of 2015 data on social protection programs. It shows progress in expenditure, primarily driven by social insurance and coverage between 2009 and 2015. Spending on women has improved in several countries, yet others continued to favor the nonpoor over the poor, and men over women. The Social Protection Index---now the Social Protection Indicator---was developed by the Asian Development Bank and its partners as the first comprehensive and quantitative measure of social protection systems in Asia and the Pacific.
Author | : Thomas Bowen |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2020-06-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1464815755 |
Download Adaptive Social Protection Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Adaptive social protection (ASP) helps to build the resilience of poor and vulnerable households to the impacts of large, covariate shocks, such as natural disasters, economic crises, pandemics, conflict, and forced displacement. Through the provision of transfers and services directly to these households, ASP supports their capacity to prepare for, cope with, and adapt to the shocks they face—before, during, and after these shocks occur. Over the long term, by supporting these three capacities, ASP can provide a pathway to a more resilient state for households that may otherwise lack the resources to move out of chronically vulnerable situations. Adaptive Social Protection: Building Resilience to Shocks outlines an organizing framework for the design and implementation of ASP, providing insights into the ways in which social protection systems can be made more capable of building household resilience. By way of its four building blocks—programs, information, finance, and institutional arrangements and partnerships—the framework highlights both the elements of existing social protection systems that are the cornerstones for building household resilience, as well as the additional investments that are central to enhancing their ability to generate these outcomes. In this report, the ASP framework and its building blocks have been elaborated primarily in relation to natural disasters and associated climate change. Nevertheless, many of the priorities identified within each building block are also pertinent to the design and implementation of ASP across other types of shocks, providing a foundation for a structured approach to the advancement of this rapidly evolving and complex agenda.