Switzerland - Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty

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Switzerland - Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty

2012

World Bank

The report focuses on the social safety net, particularly cash and in-kind transfers. The safety net can play an important role in addressing poverty and vulnerability; however, the process by which the safety nets have been developed in Swaziland has produced a fragmented system that leaves many Swazis unprotected by the safety net. Improvements in efficiency and effectiveness are both necessary and possible. Poverty and extreme poverty in Swaziland are both overwhelmingly rural phenomena. The incidence of poverty is 73 percent in rural areas but only 31 percent in urban areas. Eighty-eight percent of the poor and 95 percent of the extreme poor live in rural areas, and the average consumption of the urban poor is 33 percent below the poverty line while it is 51 percent below the poverty line among the rural poor. Also, poverty is deeper in rural areas than it is in urban areas. The objective of this study is to identify viable ways to make the safety net more relevant and efficient through an in-depth analysis of poverty and vulnerability and of the efficacy of current safety net programs. The report focuses on publicly financed social transfers in Swaziland, including cash and in-kind transfers. This includes programs funded by either national or official international aid. Chapter two explores the risks faced by the Swazis, including but not limited to poverty. Chapter three reviews current social net programs and expenditures and analyzes the efficiency and effectiveness of social transfers. Chapter four analyzes ways to target safety net programs, and chapter five discusses options to increase the relevance and efficiency of the safety net, particularly in light of the recent financial crisis.

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Household poverty; Financial support; Chronic poverty; Weather shocks; Financial crisis; Access to electricity; Short-term employment; Safety net programs; Cash transfer; Beneficiary; Coping strategy; Social safety net; Sustainable poverty reduction; Extended families; Health organization; Life expectancy; Human capital development; Cash transfer program; Inequality; Cash transfer programs; Height for age; Alternative livelihoods; Skilled workers; Poorer people; Number of children; Vulnerable citizens; Single-parent families; Access to services; Poverty rate; Elderly people; Grant program; Social care; Agricultural employment; Extreme poor households; Poor districts; Rural phenomenon; Credit markets; Political economy; Vulnerable group; Poor rural households; Labor market; Food distribution; Correlates of poverty; Wealth groups; Income dynamics; Farm productivity; Labor market programs; Education grant; Vulnerable populations; Public safety net; Poverty gap; Social transfers; Idiosyncratic risk; Rural; Fee waivers; Poverty profile; Cash assistance; Employment programs; Ministry of health; Ssn; Poor population; Orphans; Early childhood; Vulnerable children; Impact on poverty; Direct transfers; Food imports; Workfare; Public works programs; Poor women; Cash benefits; Agricultural policy; Widespread poverty; Poverty mapping; Beneficiaries; International aid; Poor people; Development policy; Female-headed households; Public assistance; Economic crisis; Lack of education; Poverty status; Means test; Water sources; Poverty measures; Transfer programs; Vulnerability of women; Administrative costs; Poor household; Poverty incidence; Formal employment; Agricultural output; Social insurance programs; Family support; Poor; Dissemination; Human development; Household head; Vulnerable people; Public transfers; Extremely poor people; Poverty indicators; Poverty map; Public service; Social impact; Vulnerable groups; Income inequality; Institutional capacity; Information system; Targeting mechanisms; Social pensions; School year; Poverty rates; Formal safety nets; Poverty line; Education grants; Ministry of education; Conditional cash; Emergency response; Decline in poverty; Extremely poor households; Social assistance; Poor children; Works program; Beneficiary households; Safe water; School feeding programs; Vulnerable households; Safety net system; Per capita consumption; Family members; Extreme poverty line; Social transfer; Households with children; Safety nets; Income poverty; Food price; Incidence of poverty; Poverty reduction strategy; School enrollment; Vulnerable individuals; Poverty maps; Household heads; Protection system; Cost-effectiveness; Household composition; Eligibility criteria; Transfer program; Fiscal crisis; Family income; Human development index; Input subsidies; Rural dimension; Vulnerability assessment; Agricultural shocks

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Switzerland - Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty

2012

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