Inventory of Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

A First Approximation

This paper was commissioned for the 1st Meeting of the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network held on June 11 and 12, 2001 in Washington, D.C. This paper is the initial systematization of the responses to the Questionnaire on Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, prepared by the Poverty and Inequality Advisory Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank. The responses of these twelve country members are attached in the Annex: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Uruguay. Partial information from a shorter questionnaire is included for Mexico and Peru.