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Social Safety Nets Primer Notes

Topic	Note #
Program Interventions
Assisting the Poor with Cash: Design and Implementation of Social Transfer Programs	5
A New Approach to Social Assistance: Latin America’s Experience with Conditional Cash Transfer Programs	15
Community-Based Health Insurance and Social Protection	23
Demand-Side Subsidies for Housing	3
Food-Based Safety Nets and Related Programs	6
Price and Tax Subsidies: Effectiveness and Challenges	4
Strengthening Public Safety Nets from the Bottom Up	8
Systemic Shocks and Social Protection: The Role and Effectiveness of Public Works Programs	1
Waivers and Exemptions for Health Services in Developing Countries	9

Themes
Designing and Implementing Household Targeting Systems: Lessons from Latin America and the United States	22
Impact Evaluation of Social Programs: A Policy Perspective	14
Incentives and the Role of Institutions in the Provision of Social Safety Nets	7
Public Attitudes Matter: Political Economy in the Design of Safety Nets Policies	12
Targeted Transfers in Poor Countries: Revisiting Trade-Offs and Policy Options	13
Targeting Methods for Transfers	10
The Political Economy of Targeted Safety Nets	20
Settings and Target Groups
Aging and Poverty in Africa and the Role of Social Pensions	19
Costs of Projects for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children: Case Studies in Eritrea and Benin	16
Disability and Social Safety Nets in Developing Countries	21
Reaching out to Africa’s Orphans: A Framework for Public Action	18
Safety Nets in Transition Economies	2
Toolkit for Programming Assistance to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in Sub-Saharan Africa	17
What Role for Safety Net Transfers in Very Low Income Countries?	11

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