The Challenge of Integrating Social Protection Programmes

Resumo

Coordinating social protection programmes across different ministries is a challenge in every country. It is not easy to make public organisations engage in dialogue. Exploring different institutional models may be crucial to finding solutions to an often “dysfunctional” government. Brazil, Chile and Colombia are cases worth exploring in Latin America, while Kenya and Ghana in Sub-Saharan Africa are examples of new experiences that are now being developed. Apart from CONSEA (the National Council on Food Security and Nutrition), Brazil also has interministerial chambers and formal coordination mechanisms under the 1993 Organic Law on Social Assistance. There is a National Council of Social Assistance, State Councils and Municipal Councils comprising representatives from the government and from civil society organisations. The National Council is attached to the Ministry of Social Development and is responsible for coordinating the National Social Assistance Policy, approving the budget and the criteria for transferring resources, monitoring management of the resources and the progress made. (...)

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Relatório

Ano

2009

Instituição

Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada

Fonte

Repositório do Ipea

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15774

Licença

Licença total exclusiva

Palavras-chave

Social Protection Programmes