TY - BOOK TI - Social safety nets: issues and recent experiences SN - 1557756805 AV - HC 59 .7 .S62 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Ajuste estructural KW - Pobreza KW - Seguridad social N1 - Foreword, v --; Acknowledgments, vii --; I. Overview, 3 --; 1. Social dimensions of the IMF's policy dialogue, 3 --; 2. Social safety nets in economic reform, 7 --; II. Issues in the design of social safety nets, 37 --; 3. The implications of adjustment programs for poverty: conceptual issues and analytical framework; Ravi Kanbur, 37 --; 4. Economic reforms, social safety nets, and the budget in transition economies; Ke-young Chu and Sanjeev Gupta, 63 --; 5 Social protections in transition countries: emerging issues; Ke-young Chu and Sanjeev Gupta, 94 --; III. Country studies, 117 --; 6. Bangladesh: economic reform measures and the poor; Padma Gotur, 117 --; 7. Social protection, labor market rigidity, and enterprise restructuring in China; Zu-liu Hu, 129 --; 8. Colombia: economic adjustment and the poor; Claire Liuksila, 147 --; 9 Jordan: restructuring public expenditures and protecting the poor; S. Ehtisham Ahmad, 158 --; 10. Assessing the impact of structural adjustment on the poor: the case of Malawi; Ronald Hicks and Odd Per Brekk, 174 --; 11. Mozambique: economic rehabilitation and the poor; Paulo S. Lopes and Emilio Sacerdoti, 188 --; 12. Poland: the social impact of transition; Gerd Schwartz, 199 --; 13. Social protection during Russia's economic transformation; Sanjeev Gupta and Robert Hagemann, 216 --; 14. Reforming Ukraine's social safety nets: short-term and medium-term options; Sanjeev Gupta, Elliott Harris, and Alexandros Mourmouras, 225 --; Additional papers on social safety nets prepared by IMF staff, 259 ER -