<p>The need for social safety nets has become a key component of poverty reduction strategies. Over the past three decades several developing countries have launched a variety of programs, including cash transfers, subsidies in-kind, public works, and income-generation programs. However, there is little guidance on appropriate program design, and few studies have synthesized the lessons from widely differing country experiences. This report fills that gap. It reviews the conceptual issues in the choice of programs, synthesizes cross-country experience, and analyzes how country- and region-specific constraints can explain why different approaches are successful in different countries.</p>

Safety Net Programs and Poverty Reduction: Lessons from Cross-Country Experience (Directions in Development)

Business & Money

Carvalho, Soniya

Subbarao, Kalanidhi

Braithwaite, Jeanine

Economics

World Bank

This study reviews the development effectiveness of social fund projects. It is based on an assessment of existing data and literature, and raises the awareness of new information relating to the participatory process in social fund projects and their institutional development impacts at the government, non-government, and community levels.This report finds that social fund projects have been very effective in delivering small-scale infrastructure, but less so in achieving consistently positive and significant improvements in outcomes and welfare impacts.

Social Funds: Assessing Effectiveness (World Bank Operations Evaluation Study)

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