Building Equality and Opportunity   through Social Guarantees : New Approaches to Public Policy   and the Realization of Rights

Gacitúa-Marió, Estanislao; Norton, Andrew; Georgieva, Sophia V.

Building Equality and Opportunity through Social Guarantees : New Approaches to Public Policy and the Realization of Rights

2009

Gacitúa-Marió, Estanislao | Norton, Andrew | Georgieva, Sophia V.

The book showcases an innovative approach to social policy that the author believes can act to transform the capacity of states to implement policies to enhance equality of opportunity among citizens. The approach is built around the framework of social guarantees and emphasizes multiple dimensions in the delivery of services and the realization of rights. The social guarantees approach converts abstract rights into defined standards that can be used as a framework for making public policy accountable to citizens. It emphasizes that effective realization of social rights requires attention not just to dimensions of access, but also to elements of quality, financial protection, and the availability of mechanisms of redress. Social guarantees strengthen citizenship through an emphasis on the policy mechanisms and democratic processes needed to define and support such standards. Rigorous analysis of available public resources and of institutions, programmatic approaches, and legal frameworks is essential to underpin the provision of social guarantees and to ensure that the set standards can be delivered to all.

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Washington, DC: World Bank

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Financial support; Policy design; Primary schools; Legal provisions; Social action; Illnesses; Political management; Citizens; Peace; Secondary schools; Financial assistance; Research centers; Inequality; Administrative systems; Income group; Social exclusion; Policy research; Public policy; Policy analyst; Community-driven development; State responsibility; Access to services; Social equity; Insurance agencies; Progress; Consensus; Development assistance; Levels of government; Social cohesion; Nations; Ministers; Social programs; International covenant; Social dimensions; Civil society organization; Tertiary education; Social impact analysis; Budgetary allocations; Equality of opportunity; Nurse; Informed choices; Social justice; Political process; Practitioners; Rights perspective; Ministry of health; State authorities; Combat poverty; Social service; University education; Foreign policy; Disparities in access; Enrollment; Funding sources; Research community; Health sector; Research program; Welfare state; Equality of opportunities; Social movements; Service provider; Poor people; Presidency; Development policy; Legal framework; Financial resources; Quality services; Policy process; Transparency; Sustainable human development; Social sectors; Policy of control; Institutional arrangements; Human development; Dissemination; Health sector reform; Rural residents; Public service; Social impact; Vulnerable groups; Economic policy; Policy change; Institutional capacity; Legal systems; National development; Social issues; Respect; Policy development; Policy series; Risk groups; Social policy; Bureaucratic discretion; Financial commitments; Clinics; Structural inequalities; Representatives; Educational services; Policy makers; Public resources; Global human rights; Policy analysis; Equal opportunity; Right to education; Decree; Policy framework; Universal affordability; Service provision; Democratic governance; Spatial distribution of population; Internal migrations; Inequities; Medical conditions; Citizen; International human rights; Civil society actors; Human rights standards; Universal human rights; Secondary school education; Economic system; Service delivery; Safety nets; Social planning; Health system; Right to health care; Development bank; Minister; Low-income families; Investigations; Good governance; Global development; Civic participation; National constitution; User fees; Secondary school; Voluntary sector; Civil society institutions; Economic opportunities; Nationals; Fundamental rights; Scholarships

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New Frontiers of Social Policyhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igoWorld BankCC BY 3.0 IGO

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8213-7883

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2009

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