Achieving Effective Social Protection for All in Latin America and the Caribbean [...]... for the behavioral responses of individuals, households, and SP providers to the rules and incentives embedded in the system 4 Achieving Effective Social Protection for All in Latin America and the Caribbean The chapter identifies a set of principles to improve the coherence of the SP system and expand the coverage and adequacy of benefits, while avoiding perverse incentives to reduce work and savings,... aims In summary, the report suggests five strategic themes for policy reforms that could help countries in the LAC region move closer to making the right to SP a reality for everyone: • Open up contributory SI programs to all workers, regardless of where they work This means maintaining mandatory insurance in the formal sector but also promoting the inclusion of informal sector workers in contributory... as a whole, including health 10 Achieving Effective Social Protection for All in Latin America and the Caribbean insurance; (2) providing guidelines on ways to extend coverage by rationalizing financing mechanisms and the design of redistributive arrangements; and (3) making the case for improved coordination of policies and programs The last point is important To date, the design of SP reforms has not... Rofman, Lucchetti, and Ourens 2008 Note: Data are for the year that comes closest to 1995 (for the 1990s) and 2006 (for the 2000s) The State of Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean 17 Figure 1.2 Contributory Pension Coverage Rates in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 2000s, by Quintile of per Capita Income (percentage of the economically active population contributing to pension systems)... Unit in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region of the World Bank under the supervision of Augusto de la Torre and Helena Ribe Andrew Mason was the initial task team leader, and David Robalino became the task team leader until completion Chapter authors for the main study included Javier Baez, Andrew Mason, and Helena Ribe (recent trends in Latin America and the Caribbean s [LAC’s] social protection. .. Universal Social Protection by Improving Redistribution and Adapting Programs to Labor Markets Washington, DC: World Bank CHAPTER 1 The State of Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Progress and Pending Challenges This first part of this report details recent progress in extending social protection (SP) coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), presenting new cross-country... highlights the main findings of a regional study by the World Bank, From Right to Reality: How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Achieve Universal Social Protection by Improving Redistribution and Adapting Programs to Labor Markets (Ribe, Robalino, and Walker, forthcoming) It takes stock of recent SP reforms in LAC and charts a way forward to improve outcomes, in terms of program coverage and the adequacy... Maloney and Martin Rama 2000 Securing the Future in a Global Economy Washington, DC: World Bank Introduction 11 Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) 2006 “Shaping the Future of Social Protection: Access, Financing, and Solidarity.” Santiago de Chile Gill, Indermit S., Truman Packard and Juan Yermo 2004 Keeping the Promise of Old Age Income Security in Latin America Washington,... opportunities to share savings and insurance pools between risks Policy makers also need to rationalize the interactions between SI, safety net programs, and ALMPs 6 Achieving Effective Social Protection for All in Latin America and the Caribbean • Deepen the antipoverty social safety net and develop programs to facilitate access to better jobs Cash or in- kind transfers are needed for workers and households in. .. reality for the majority of their populations At the heart of this predicament is the very low coverage of contributory social insurance (SI), which recent reforms have not resolved The main difficulty is that the region’s mandatory systems for providing pensions, health insurance, and unemployment benefits are not 7 8 Achieving Effective Social Protection for All in Latin America and the Caribbean apt to . a reality for all the population in Latin America and the Caribbean, contributory SI should 4 Achieving Effective Social Protection for All in Latin America. Achieving Effective Social Protection for All in Latin America and the Caribbean