Building Equality and Opportunity
            through Social Guarantees : New Approaches to Public Policy
            and the Realization of Rights

Gacitúa-Marió, Estanislao; Norton, Andrew; Georgieva, Sophia V.

Building Equality and Opportunity through Social Guarantees : New Approaches to Public Policy and the Realization of Rights

Autores

Gacitúa-Marió, Estanislao

Norton, Andrew

Georgieva, Sophia V.

Editor

Washington, DC: World Bank

Descripción

The book showcases an innovative approach to social policy that the author believes can act to transform the capacity of states to implement policies to enhance equality of opportunity among citizens. The approach is built around the framework of social guarantees and emphasizes multiple dimensions in the delivery of services and the realization of rights. The social guarantees approach converts abstract rights into defined standards that can be used as a framework for making public policy accountable to citizens. It emphasizes that effective realization of social rights requires attention not just to dimensions of access, but also to elements of quality, financial protection, and the availability of mechanisms of redress. Social guarantees strengthen citizenship through an emphasis on the policy mechanisms and democratic processes needed to define and support such standards. Rigorous analysis of available public resources and of institutions, programmatic approaches, and legal frameworks is essential to underpin the provision of social guarantees and to ensure that the set standards can be delivered to all.

Palabras clave

ACCESS TO SERVICES, ACCOUNTABILITY, ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS, AFFORDABILITY, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, ASSETS, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC NEEDS, BASIC SERVICES, BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS, BUREAUCRACY, BUREAUCRATIC DISCRETION, CITIZEN, CITIZENS, CITIZENSHIP, CIVIC PARTICIPATION, CIVIL LAW, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS, CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLINICS, COMBAT POVERTY, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT, CONSENSUS, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CRIME, CULTURAL RIGHTS, DECISION MAKING, DECREE, DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT BANK, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DISPARITIES IN ACCESS, DISSEMINATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIC RESOURCES, ECONOMIC RIGHTS, ECONOMIC SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, EMPOWERMENT, ENROLLMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUALITY, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, FAMILIES, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FOREIGN POLICY, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, FUNDING SOURCES, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SECTOR REFORM, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HOSPITAL, HUMAN BEINGS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS, ILLNESSES, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, INCOME GROUP, INEQUALITY, INEQUITIES, INFORMED CHOICES, INSTITUTION BUILDING, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSURANCE AGENCIES, INTERNAL MIGRATIONS, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL COVENANT, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, INVESTIGATIONS, ISOLATION, LAWS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGAL FRAMEWORKS, LEGAL PROVISIONS, LEGAL STATUS, LEGAL SYSTEM, LEGAL SYSTEMS, LEGISLATION, LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTER, MINISTERS, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, NATIONAL CONSTITUTION, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONALS, NATIONS, NURSE, NUTRITION, OUTREACH, PEACE, POLICY ANALYSIS, POLICY ANALYST, POLICY CHANGE, POLICY DESIGN, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY OF CONTROL, POLICY PROCESS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY SERIES, POLITICAL MANAGEMENT, POLITICAL PROCESS, POOR PEOPLE, PRACTITIONERS, PRESIDENCY, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PROGRESS, PSYCHOLOGY, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC RESOURCES, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICE, QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY SERVICES, REPRESENTATIVES, RESEARCH CENTERS, RESEARCH COMMUNITY, RESEARCH PROGRAM, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESPECT, RIGHT TO EDUCATION, RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE, RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE, RISK GROUPS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL RESIDENTS, SAFETY NETS, SANCTIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDER, SERVICE PROVISION, SOCIAL ACTION, SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL COHESION, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DIMENSIONS, SOCIAL EQUITY, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, SOCIAL IMPACT, SOCIAL IMPACT ANALYSIS, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, SOCIAL ISSUES, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, SOCIAL PLANNING, SOCIAL POLICIES, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL RIGHTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOCIAL SECTORS, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICE, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SOVEREIGNTY, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION, STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE RESPONSIBILITY, STRUCTURAL INEQUALITIES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TRADE UNIONS, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORTATION, UNIVERSAL AFFORDABILITY, UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, USER FEES, VIOLENCE, VOLUNTARY SECTOR, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WELFARE STATE