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Social Safety Net Project

This project will assist Albania in its efforts to reform its social protection systems and to make them compatible with a market oriented economy. The objectives of the project are to: develop policy to consolidate basic social insurance and social assistance programs reform; strengthen institutions responsible for planning and management of cash benefits; and strengthen training, research and statistical institutions to support social policy formation and implementation. Albania's transition from a command economy towards a market economy started with a less developed social safety net than other countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Currently, the most pressing social problems involve price increases after liberalization, fall in real wages, and unemployment growth after employment guarantees were withdrawn. The government is attempting to restructure the social safety net and bring social policies in line with a decentralized democratic society and a transitional economy. The proposed project is poverty related and comprises two components: social insurance reform and social assistance development. The social assistance component will concentrate on organizing a system of income support. The social insurance component will contribute to poverty reduction by safeguarding the minimum benefits of those in the social insurance scheme.**

Last Updated February 08 2010

Basic Information
Project Status	Closed
Region	Europe And Central Asia
Country/Area	Albania
Major Sector (Sector) (%)	Public Administration, Law, and Justice (Compulsory pension and unemployment insurance) (65%)
	Public Administration, Law, and Justice (Central government administration) (35%)
Old Major Sector	Social Protection
Old Sector	Social Assistance
Env Category	C
Project ID	P008265
Bank Team Lead (Last Name, First)	N/A
Approval Date	14-SEP-1993
Closing Date	31-AUG-1999
Borrower	REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
Implementing Agency	SII, MOLSP

Financial
Main Loan/Credit #	25430
IBRD Commitment *	0
IDA Commitment *	5.5
IBRD + IDA Commitment *	5.5
Grant Amount *	0
Total Project Cost *	6.2
Product Line	IBRD/IDA
Lending Instrument	Specific Investment Loan

Development Outcomes And Goals
*Targeted Thematic Outcomes...*	Supporting this Broader Dev't Goal
Improving labor markets	Empowerment, security & social inclusion (CAP)
Social safety nets	Empowerment, security & social inclusion (CAP)
Vulnerability assessment and monitoring	Empowerment, security & social inclusion (CAP); N/A (GPG)
Social analysis and monitoring	Empowerment, security & social inclusion (CAP); N/A (GPG)
Social risk mitigation	Empowerment, security & social inclusion (CAP)

Available Project Documents***
For a short project overview, please consult the Project Information Document if available.

	Project Agreement (), Vol. -30-SEP-1993
	Credit Agreement (), Vol. -30-SEP-1993

*Commitment at Board in USD$ millions. Does not reflect any cancellations. Pipeline and dropped projects display the forecast amount. Total project cost includes non-Bank funding.

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