Argentina

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Following the serious economic crisis in 2001-02, Argentina mobilized an unprecedented effort to provide income support to the segment of the population most in need. Now, as growth has returned and social indicators recovered to precrisis levels, there is an opening to move from emergency support programs to a more comprehensive, long-term, and sustainable strategy for social protection. The challenge is to design and fully implement a social protection system that has adequate coverage and benefits and is integrated and fiscally and politically sustainable.
The analysis contained in this book aimed to contribute to and inform the debate about the future of income support policies in Argentina, taking the views, values, and preferences of the stakeholders and the population as starting points. The research included two innovative efforts to collect and understand the landscape of ideas regarding options for social protection circulating in Argentina: first, an extensive set of consultations with policy makers and practitioners in social policy, mainly at the provincial level; and second, a national, representative opinion survey on the views and perceptions of the population regarding social policy and income support programs in particular.

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• Publié par: world-bank-publications
• Publié le: 21 août 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 16
• EAN13: 9780821380512
• Langue: English
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A WORLD BANK COUNTRY STUDY
Argentina
Income Support Policies toward
the Bicentennial
THE WORLD BANKA WORLD BANK COUNTRY STUDY
Argentina
Income Support Policies toward the Bicentennial




























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ISBN-13: 978-0-8213-8051-2
eISBN: 978-0-8213-8052-9
ISSN: 0253-2123 DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8051-2

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Argentina : income support policies toward the bicentennial / The World Bank
——p. cm.
—ISBN 978-0-8213-8051-2 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-0-8213-8052-9 (ebook)
–1. Income maintenance programs—Argentina. 2. Economic assistance, Domestic—Argentina.
3. Social security—Argentina. 4. Argentina—Economic policy. 5. Argentina—Social policy.
I. World Bank. Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay Country Management Dept.
—HC180.P63A74 2009
—362.5'820982—dc22
— 2009019209
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AAA Analytical and advisory activities
ALMP Active labor market program
ANSES Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social
CCT Conditional cash transfer
CEDLAS Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales / Center for
Distributive, Labor and Social Studies
CIC Integrated Community Center
EPH Continuous Permanent Household Survey
EPPS Encuesta de Percepción de Planes Sociales en la Argentina / National
Survey of Perceptions of Social Policy in Argentina
FNE Fondo Nacional de Empleo
INDEC Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos
ITP Income Transfer Program
MDS Ministry of Social Development
MTESS Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security
NCP Noncontributory pensions
NEA Argentinian North East region
NOA Argentinian North West region
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PIP Plan de Inclusión Previsional (Pension Inclusion Plan, or Moratoria)
UTDT Universidad Torcuato di Tella

Currency Equivalents
Currency Unit = Argentine Peso (Arg$)
1 U.S. Dollar = Arg$3.0202
1 Peso = US$0.331
(as of June 23, 2006)
FISCAL YEAR
January 1 to December 31

iii Contents
Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................ viii
Preface ........................................................................................................................................ix
Executive Summary..................................................................................................................xi
Why Does Argentina Need Social Protection?..............................................................xii
What Is the Status of Social Protection in Argentina?.................................................xiii
What Happened to Income Support during the Crisis? ..............................................xv as Happened since the Crisis?...........................................................................xv
What Do Argentines Think about Social Protection?..................................................xvi
What Does the Future Hold for Income Support in Argentina? .............................xviii
What Is the Potential of Income Support to Reduce Structural Poverty
in Argentina?............................................................................................................. xix
Final Reflections: What Are the Preconditions for Integrated Social Protection? ... xxi
The Report .......................................................................................................................xxii
1. Income Transfer Programs and Social Protection .......................................................... 1
Introduction......................................................................................................................... 1
Definitions: Social Protection and Income Support ....................................................... 2
The Size of Income Transfer Programs in Argentina..................................................... 5
2. Income Support Policies in Argentina: Origins and Development ........................... 7
The Origins of Income Transfer Programs in Argentina............................................... 7
Emergency Response and Current Income Support Policy ........................................ 14
Current Income Support Policy ...................................................................................... 25
3. Opinions and Preferences Toward Income Support.................................................... 32
Data and Approach .......................................................................................................... 33
Familiarity and Experience with Programs................................................................... 37
Views about Programs ..................................................................................................... 39
Perceptions of Beneficiaries............................................................................................. 41
Program Design ................................................................................................................ 42
Conclusions ....................................................................................................................... 47
4. Income Support and the Role of the Provinces............................................................. 50
The Federal Model in Argentina..................................................................................... 51
Social Spending at the Subnational Level in Argentina .............................................. 54
Income Support Policies at the Provincial and Municipal Levels.............................. 57
5. Policy Options and Future Challenges........................................................................... 60
The Role of Income Support for the Poor ...................................................................... 61
A Typology of Options..................................................................................................... 61
iv Contents v
The Potential Impact of Income Transfers..................................................................... 63
The Simulations.................................................................................................................65
Introducing Behavioral Responses ................................................................................. 70
Implementation Challenges............................................................................................. 73
6. Reflections, Challenges, and Policy Considerations ................................................... 75
7. References............................................................................................................................. 78
Appendixes........................................................................................