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Social Protection in Bolivia: An Assessment in Terms of the World Bank’s Social Protection Framework and the PRSP
Author(s) -
Moser Caroline,
Antezana Oscar
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/1467-7679.00193
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , social protection , poverty reduction , poverty , government (linguistics) , political science , conceptual framework , economic growth , development economics , economics , sociology , social science , law , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , programming language
This article uses the World Bank’s conceptual framework to document the nature and scope of social protection policy and practice in Bolivia. It also assesses the manner in which social protection issues have been included in the Bolivian Government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). This highlights limitations in the existing framework, and provides the opportunity to recommend a number of measures that would make it a more comprehensive component of the PRSP. This is a preliminary review of a highly complex subject, which merits considerable further attention.