Uruguay

This technical note describes ideas for discussion on social assistance and promotion under the Social Equity Plan in Uruguay. In late 2007 the National Care Plan f... Mostrar más + or Social Emergency (PANES) ended. The Uruguayan government developed the Equity Plan that introduces major reforms in the organization of the structures and instruments of social protection, and aims to significantly improve the provision and regulation of social services. The Plan includes components whose implementation involves medium- and long-term processes, such as tax reform, health, education and employment policies. In addition, systems are put in place for immediate implementation, to provide a social network for the poorest of the poor, who fall below the poverty line. The note focuses on providing analytical elements for the implementation of the second set of components, based on the lessons to be learned from PANES. The transformation of social emergency programs into a structural plan of care and social promotion presents several challenges. Specifically, the focus must shift from an emergency, short-term focus to a longer-term approach that includes elements such as human capital accumulation, poverty eradication, reintegration into the labor market, promotion of citizenship within a framework of rights and participation, and fiscal sustainability. Mostrar menos -