ADB Brief No. 21: Gender Dimensions of the Social Protection Index: Results for Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Bank (adb)

No ABF146521-2, ADB Reports from Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Abstract: This paper presents the findings from a research project on the Social Protection Index, which assesses the extent to which gender has been incorporated in social protection programs. The Social Protection Index is a measure of central government social protection expenditures relative to all potential beneficiaries assessed against poverty line expenditures in a country. It can be disaggregated in various ways to capture the magnitude, reach, and effectiveness of social protection programs. The objective of this paper is to provide analysis on the gender dimensions of social protection in Asia and the Pacific. This analysis will help policy makers consider and incorporate gender issues in developing and expanding social protection policies, strategies, and programs.

Keywords: adb; asian development bank; asdb; asia; pacific; poverty asia; gender issues asia; social protection index asia; social protection programs asia; gdp asia; women's issues asia; social protection asian women; gender equality asia; asian women's access to social assistance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2014-05, Revised 2014-08-27
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hme and nep-sea
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.adb.org/publications/gender-dimension-s ... lts-asia-and-pacific (application/pdf)
http://www.adb.org/publications/gender-dimension-s ... lts-asia-and-pacific (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:asd:wpaper:abf146521-2

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in ADB Reports from Asian Development Bank (ADB) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Jun de Jesus ().