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ADB AND SOCIAL PROTECTION

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Asian Development Bank

2011 Asian Development Bank

All rights reserved. Published 2011.
Printed in the Philippines.

ISBN 978-92-9092-382-4
Publication Stock No. RPT113850

Cataloging-In-Publication Data

Asian Development Bank.

The Asian Development Banks social protection: Challenges and opportunities. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2011.

1. Social protection. 2. Labor market. 3. Pensions. 4. Asian Development Bank.
I. Asian Development Bank.

The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent.

ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use.

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Contents

List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Executive Summary
I.	Background
II.	Methodology
III.	Recent Trends in and Increasing Need for Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific
IV.	ADBs Social Protection Strategy
V.	Social Protection Lending Portfolio, 19962008
VI.	Social Protection Nonlending Portfolio, 19962008
VII.	Social Protection Pipeline, 20092011
VIII.	Knowledge Products and Analytical and Advisory Activities on Social Protection
IX.	Supporting Social Protection Through Strategic Partnerships with International Organizations and Labor Unions
X.	Summary and Future Trends
References
Appendix

Tables, Figures, and Boxes

Tables

1	Loans with Social Protection Focus, 19962008
2	Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction Grants with Social Protection Focus, 20002008
3	Share of Technical Assistance with Social Protection
4	Regional Shares of ADB Financing for Social Protection

Figures

1	Social Protection Loans by Funding Source
2	Social Protection Loans by Regional Department, 19962008
3	Social Protection Loans by Social Protection Component, 19962008
4	Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction Grants with Social Protection Focus, 20002008
5	Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction Social Protection Grants by Region, 20002008
6	Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction Grants per Social Protection Component, 20002008
7	Regional Distribution of Social Protection Technical Assistance
8	Social Protection Technical Assistance Projects by Type, 19962008
9	Amount of Full Social Protection Technical Assistance by Type, 19962008
10	Number of Proposed Social Protection Loans, Pipeline 20092011
11	Pipeline Loans with Social Protection Focus by ADB Regional Department, 20092011
12	Pipeline Loans with Social Protection Focus by Component, 20092011
13	Number of Social Protection Technical Assistance Projects, Pipeline 20092011
14	Number of Social Protection Technical Assistance Projects by Department, Pipeline 20092011
15	Number of Social Protection Technical Assistance Projects by Component, Pipeline 20092011

Boxes

1	Components of ADBs Social Protection
2	Bangladesh: Secondary School Assistance for Females
3	Cambodia: Food Crisis and Social Safety Net Programs
4	Bangladesh: Active Labor Market Program
5	India: Policies on Pension Administration
6	Kyrgyz Republic: Community-Based Early Childhood Development
7	Lao Peoples Democratic Republic: Information and Communications Technology for Improving Rural Health

Foreword

Social protection is central to the Asian Development Banks (ADB) inclusive growth agenda. In particular, ADBs Social Protection Strategy has aimed at helping people in the region to break the cycle of poverty and enhancing growth through investment in human capital, increasing productivity, and reducing their vulnerability to risks. This has been reaffirmed in ADBs Strategy 2020, which states that Asia and the Pacific must promote greater access to opportunities by expanding human capacities, especially for the disadvantaged, through investments in education, health, and basic social protection.

The triple crisesfood, fuel, and economicbrought increased attention to the need to enhance social protection to cushion negative impacts on poor and vulnerable people. As many governments are trying to strengthen their social protection schemes, development partners are revisiting their past support to social protection and assessing how they can respond better to the needs of the region.

This study provides a detailed picture of ADBs social protection interventions since 1996. It takes stock of ADBs support for social protection and progress in implementing its Social Protection Strategy.

We hope that this study will increase understanding of ADBs important contribution to social protection in the region.

Xianbin Yao

Director General

Regional and Sustainable Development Department

Asian Development Bank

Acknowledgments

This report was prepared by a team from the Poverty Reduction, Gender and Social Development Division under the direction of Bart des. The team comprised Sri Wening Handayani (team leader), Randolph Dacanay, and Marife Principe. The study benefited from comments and suggestions of Director General Xianbin Yao of the Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Babken Babajanian, Social Development Specialist, Poverty Reduction, Gender, and Social Development Division. Princess Lubag and Ana Marie Llorin provided assistance in finalizing the report. Jill Gale de Villa and Ma. Theresa Mercado-Baguisi edited the report.

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