Social Protection and Employment Generation : Analysis of Experiences Derived from Co-
responsibility Transfer Programs
Presentation of the main findings of the inter-agency document prepared by OAS – ECLAC – ILO for the Seminar on “Inter-sectoral Public
Policies : Social Protection, Labor and Employment”
Background and Mandates
• V Summit of the Americas
• XVI IACML – Buenos Aires 2009
• II Meeting of Ministers of Social Development – Cali 2010
• Inter-American Networks– RIAL
– RIPSO
Main Challenges and Orientations of the Document
Inter-sectoral policies in the field of social protection and employment
Policy, inter-ministry and operational coordination
Lessons learned from Co-responsibility Transfer Programs (CTPs)
POVERTY, EMPLOYMENT, AND SOCIAL PROTECTION INDICATORS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, 1990, 2002 AND 2008 (Percentages)
Latin America 1990 2002 2008
Poverty headcount National total 48.3 44.0 33.0
Indigence headcount National total 22.5 19.4 12.9
Employment rate Both sexes (15 years and more)
57.4 59.0 61.4
Informality rate Both sexes 54.6 53.9 49.8
Employed contributing to social security systems
Both sexes 52.4 49.5 51.5
Social Protection System
SocialSecurity(contributory)
Labor Market
Regulation
Social Assistance(non-contributory)
Social Protection
Formal SectorMinistry of Labor/
Social Security
Informal SectorMinistry of Social
Development
Co-responsibility Transfer Program
Overcoming inter-generational
poverty reproduction
Human capital accumulation
Children
Immediate household poverty relief
Preventive Health Care
Nutrition
School Attendance
Monetary Transfer
Consumption Smoothing
Conditions
CTPs Employment component
Overcoming inter-generational
poverty reproduction
Human capital accumulation
Children
Immediate household poverty relief
Preventive Health Care
Nutrition
School Attendance
Monetary Transfer
Consumption Smoothing
Conditions
Activation Measures
Employment Income Generation
Graduation from CTP
Poverty Reduction
Incentives
Activation Measures used by CTPs
• Employment Supply-Side Instruments– Professional training and education–Remedial education and school retention
• Employment Demand-side Instruments–Direct job generation– Indirect job generation– Support for self-employment
• Labor intermediation services
Institutional Framework of Inter- Sectoral Social Protection and Employment Policies
Comprehensive Social Protection and challenges of political, programmatic, and
territorial coordination
Ministries of Labor
Ministries of Social Development
Social Authority
• Macroeconomic policy
– PAC
• Policy coordination
– Casa Civil
• Programmatic/ operational coordination
– MOL: SINE – SIGAE
– MSD: Bolsa Familia – CadUnico
• Territorial Coordination
– States, municipalities, private sector
Case: Bolsa Familia PlanSeq
Final Reflections
• Inter-sectoral policy and inter-ministry coordination
• Heterogeneity of labor vulnerability
• Women’ s care and labor market insertion
• Monitoring and Evaluation
Thank you