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Resilience, Equity, and Opportunity THE WORLD BANK 2012-2022 SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR STRATEGY [...]... labor systems, policies, and programs help individuals and societies manage risk and volatility and protect them from poverty and In a world filled with risks and potential, people use social protection and labor programs to manage risk and volatility, protect them from destitution, and connect to opportunities destitution—through instruments that improve resilience, equity, and opportunity. 4 Resilience... cost-effective and fiscally sustainable It will help to generate access to productive jobs for those who can work And it will engage in policy dialogue that help countries tackle complex trade-offs across programs and objectives, while keeping a focus on affordability and future fiscal sustainability Goals of Social Protection and Labor: Resilience, Equity, and Opportunity Social protection and labor systems,... promoting demand for education and health and help address gender inequalities And public works programs provide cash payments to the poor, while increasing physical capital investments The goals of resilience, equity, and opportunity cannot be achieved with isolated programs, within a single sector, or through public mandates alone Attaining them requires an appropriate policy, legal and institutional... advancing gender equality.16 And in the Dominican Republic, a targeted job training program provided opportunities for disadvantaged young men and women to secure higher-paying and better-quality jobs.17 What is Social Protection and Labor? Social protection and labor systems, policies, and programs help individuals and societies manage risk and volatility and protect them from poverty and destitution—through... effective partner in this endeavor THE WORLD BANK’S SOCIAL PROTECTION AND L ABOR STR ATEGY XXI XXII RESILIENCE, EQUIT Y, OPPORTUNIT Y 1 Resilience, Equity, and Opportunity: the Role of Social Protection and Labor The need for effective risk management is an increasingly pressing concern for both people and societies Global interdependence and risk—from such systemic shocks as economic crises or natural... individuals and families from irreversible and catastrophic losses of human capital (nutrition, health, and education), thereby contributing to equality of opportunity. 20 They also lay the foundation for equality of opportunity, notably by helping families feel secure enough to invest in their future and their children ■ Opportunity for all through promoting human capital in children and adults and “connecting”... contributing to equality of opportunity Opportunity for people through promoting better health, nutrition, education, and skills development, along with helping men and women access What are Social Protection and Labor Programs? Social assistance (social safety nets): Such as cash transfers, school feeding and targeted food assistance Social insurance: Such as old-age and disability pensions, and unemployment... central role of jobs and opportunity It lays out an agenda for both operations and partnership—a multisectoral approach to both improve human capital—with a strong focus on children and workers’ skills and productivity and to improving people’s ability to access those jobs and opportunities Fourth, the strategy highlights the importance of appropriate knowledge in social protection and labor practice,... Program (see Box) XVI RESILIENCE, EQUIT Y, OPPORTUNIT Y ■ Second, creatively addressing the institutional weaknesses by, for example, engaging civil society and communities (for example, through social funds) and using information and communication technology ■ Third, focusing on building country administrative and financial capacity to develop, integrate, and expand social protection and labor systems... PROTECTION AND L ABOR STR ATEGY XVII ■ Strengthening client capacity for performance ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ monitoring within and across social protection and labor programs Maximizing the availability and use of existing data (such as the World Bank’s International Income Distribution Database) Generating comparable, and accessible data on social protection and labor programs (and, over time, social protection and labor . Resilience, Equity, and Opportunity THE WORLD BANK 2012-2022 SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LABOR STRATEGY