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dc.titleMaturity Assessment: Adaptive Social Protection System. Belize
dc.contributor.authorSchwarz, Natalie Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorMarer, Ofir
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Dylan
dc.contributor.orgunitSocial Protection and Labor Markets Division
dc.coverageBelize
dc.date.available2026-07-22T17:07:30
dc.date.issue2026-07-22T00:07:00
dc.description.abstractThis report assesses the capacity of Belize's social protection system to anticipate, withstand, and respond to shocks using the Inter-American Development Bank's Adaptive Social Protection Maturity Model. The analysis examines seven dimensions context, governance and financing, information systems, operational capacity, citizen services and access points, program coverage and adaptation, and data use for policy and planning and finds an overall maturity level of 50.3%. While Belize demonstrates strong institutional coordination for disaster response, robust operational capacity, and proven ability to expand programs during shocks, it continues to face challenges related to limited program coverage, fragmented information systems and weak interoperability, and the absence of a fully institutionalized legal and financial framework to support adaptive social protection. The report concludes with recommendations to strengthen the system by expanding program reach and digital inclusion, enhancing data integration and interoperability, improving regulatory frameworks and financing mechanisms, and more systematically incorporating risk and vulnerability data into social protection programming.
dc.format.extent69
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0014413
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Maturity-Assessment-Adaptive-Social-Protection-System.-Belize.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectSocial Protection
dc.subjectSocial Safety Net
dc.subjectConditional Cash Transfer
dc.subjectEmergency Management
dc.subjectMinistries
dc.subjectDisaster Risk Management
dc.subjectFinance
dc.subjectClimate Change Adaptation
dc.subjectPublic Policy
dc.subjectInfrastructure Development
dc.subjectRegulation
dc.subjectRisk Management
dc.subject.jelcodeI38 - Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
dc.subject.jelcodeQ54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming
dc.subject.keywordsSocial protection;Social Safety Net;Adaptive Social Protection;Disaster Risk Management;climate change adaptation;public policy;Belize
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-01202
idb.operationRG-T4246
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