New avenues to be opened for social protection in the Arab world
The case of Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12609033 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Loewe (0000-0002-3555-165X, German Institute of Development and Sustainability, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-14 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-6866 • E-ISSN: 1468-2397 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1369-6866.2004.00293.x |
| OpenAlex | W1600753033 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article looks at social protection in the Arab world. Giving the example of Egypt, it asks why poverty is so widespread and why – despite the country's numerous social protection systems – social risks are a major contributing factor to it. It concludes that reforms are due. The existing systems are well funded but inefficient and more to the benefit of the better‐off than the poor. A reform approach is proposed which builds on both conventional and more innovative strategies: campaigns should be launched to raise public awareness of social risks; social assistance spending should be increased; and the operating public pension schemes should be reformed. At the same time, new avenues have to be opened to meet the specific needs of informal sector workers who have extreme difficulty in being covered by social insurance or social assistance. To this purpose, micro‐insurance is a promising approach for the Arab‐world region
Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Pension · Political science · Poverty · Social Assistance · Social insurance · Social policy · Social protection · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Finance
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| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2020 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |