Isabel Ortiz
International Labour Organization, Social Protection, Department Member
This United Nations Policy Note on Social Policy provides practical guidance on how to operationalize alternative equitable and employment-generating social policies in National Development Strategies. This Policy Note has been developed... more
This United Nations Policy Note on Social Policy provides practical guidance on how to operationalize alternative equitable and employment-generating social policies in National Development Strategies. This Policy Note has been developed in cooperation with UN agencies, and has been officially reviewed by distinguished academics/ development specialists such as Jose Antonio Ocampo, Jomo K.S. and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz
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This United Nations Policy Note on Social Policy provides practical guidance on how to operationalize alternative equitable and employment-generating social policies in National Development Strategies. This Policy Note has been developed... more
This United Nations Policy Note on Social Policy provides practical guidance on how to operationalize alternative equitable and employment-generating social policies in National Development Strategies. This Policy Note has been developed in cooperation with UN agencies, and has been officially reviewed by distinguished academics/ development specialists such as Jose Antonio Ocampo, Jomo K.S. and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz.
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This paper warns of an emerging post-pandemic fiscal austerity shock—one that is far more premature and severe than the one that followed the global financial crisis—and presents alternative options to ensure that populations do not yet... more
This paper warns of an emerging post-pandemic fiscal austerity shock—one that is far more premature and severe than the one that followed the global financial crisis—and presents alternative options to ensure that populations do not yet again have to suffer from austerity cuts. It does so by: (i) examining IMF government expenditure projections until 2025; (ii) summarizing the most common austerity measures to be avoided given their negative social impacts; (iii) presenting financing alternatives and (iv) calling on governments to urgently create fiscal space to finance an equitable socio-economic recovery and progress toward human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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The volume presents articles from leading development experts in the areas of poverty reduction, social protection and labor markets policies and programs. Contributors include from Robert Holzmann, Vice-President and Director of The... more
The volume presents articles from leading development experts in the areas of poverty reduction, social protection and labor markets policies and programs. Contributors include from Robert Holzmann, Vice-President and Director of The World Bank, to Noriyuki Suzuki, General Secretary of the International Confederation of Trade Unions ICTU-APRO.
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This volume showcases universal old-age and disability pensions as well as universal maternity and child protection schemes in developing countries like Argentina, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, China, Colombia, Lesotho, Mongolia, Rwanda, South... more
This volume showcases universal old-age and disability pensions as well as universal maternity and child protection schemes in developing countries like Argentina, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, China, Colombia, Lesotho, Mongolia, Rwanda, South Africa, Thailand, Timor Leste and Trinidad and Tobago. The volumes in this Ilo series present best country experiences, useful for South-South learning, for practitioners, and to provide the basis for better informed policy-making.
Volume 3 describes mechanisms to build social protection floors, such as a national dialogue in Myanmar, reaching rural dwellers in South Africa, worker facilitation centres in India, single window services in Mongolia, legal systems in... more
Volume 3 describes mechanisms to build social protection floors, such as a national dialogue in Myanmar, reaching rural dwellers in South Africa, worker facilitation centres in India, single window services in Mongolia, legal systems in Brazil and South Africa, labour inspection in China, registration in Colombia and Thailand and several innovations in financing social protection in Bolivia, Ecuador, Indonesia and Zambia.
This book documents the under performance of private mandatory pensions in fifteen countries, and abstracts lessons for governments intending to improve their national pension systems.
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Ce document: (i) donne un apercu de l'inegalite du revenu mondial, regional et national sur la base des dernieres donnees de la Banque mondiale, l'UNU-WIDER et Eurostat, (ii) examine les consequences negatives de l'inegalite... more
Ce document: (i) donne un apercu de l'inegalite du revenu mondial, regional et national sur la base des dernieres donnees de la Banque mondiale, l'UNU-WIDER et Eurostat, (ii) examine les consequences negatives de l'inegalite croissante des revenus pour le developpement, (iii) appelle a un programme de developpement de l'ONU fonde sur l'equite, (iv) decrit la probabilite d’inegalites exacerbees au cours de la crise economique mondiale, (v) plaide pour des changements politiques urgents aux niveaux national et international pour assurer une «Reprise pour Tous», et (vi) sert de source de reference generale. L’annexe 2 presente un resume actualise des donnees sur la repartition des revenus et des inegalites dans 141 pays.
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This paper reviews Latinamerican public policies for youth in the context of the United Nations World Program of Action on Youth.
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MDG progress is measured in terms of national averages but these statistical averages often disguise that progress has not accrued to those at the bottom -- arguably those who need it most. Social protection is essential to accelerate... more
MDG progress is measured in terms of national averages but these statistical averages often disguise that progress has not accrued to those at the bottom -- arguably those who need it most. Social protection is essential to accelerate MDGs with equity by facilitating access to essential services and decent living standards. Specifically, there is strong evidence that social protectin contributes
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This study examines how austerity measures may have adversely affected children and women in a sample of 128 developing countries in 2012. It relies on International Monetary Fund (IMF) fiscal projections and IMF country reports to gauge... more
This study examines how austerity measures may have adversely affected children and women in a sample of 128 developing countries in 2012. It relies on International Monetary Fund (IMF) fiscal projections and IMF country reports to gauge how social assistance and other public spending decisions have evolved since the start of the global economic crisis. The study finds that most developing countries boosted total expenditures during the first phase of the crisis (2008–09); but beginning in 2010, budget contraction became widespread, with ninety-one governments cutting overall spending in 2012. Moreover, the data suggest that nearly one-quarter of developing countries underwent excessive fiscal contraction, defined as cutting expenditures below pre-crisis levels. Governments considered four main options to achieve fiscal consolidation – wage bill cuts/caps, phasing out subsidies, further targeting social safety nets, and reforming old-age pensions – each of which would be likely to have a disproportionately negative impact on children and women.
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It is often argued that social protection is not affordable or that government expenditure cuts are inevitable during adjustment periods. But there are alternatives, even in the poorest countries. This working paper offers an array of... more
It is often argued that social protection is not affordable or that government expenditure cuts are inevitable during adjustment periods. But there are alternatives, even in the poorest countries. This working paper offers an array of options that can be explored to expand fiscal space and generate resources for social investments. These include: (i) re-allocating public expenditures; (ii) increasing tax revenues; (iii) expanding social security coverage and contributory revenues; (iv) lobbying for aid and transfers; (v) eliminating illicit financial flows; (vi) using fiscal and foreign exchange reserves; (vii) borrowing or restructuring existing debt and; (viii) adopting a more accommodative macroeconomic framework. To serve as a general advocacy resource, Annex 1 provides a summary of the latest fiscal space indicators for 187 countries.
The paper reviews 843 protests occurring between January 2006 and July 2013 in 87 countries covering over 90% of world population. The paper focuses on: (i) major grievances driving world protests (ii) who is demonstrating, what protest... more
The paper reviews 843 protests occurring between January 2006 and July 2013 in 87 countries covering over 90% of world population. The paper focuses on: (i) major grievances driving world protests (ii) who is demonstrating, what protest methods they use, and who are they opposed to (iii) achievements and repression of social movements in the short term, and (iv) the main policy demands of world demonstrators. The paper calls for policy-makers to listen, whether messages are articulate or communicate only through frustration and violence.
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Page 1. October 2011 UNICEF POLICY AND PRACTICE Isabel Ortiz Jingqing Chai Matthew Cummins IDENTIFYING FISCAL SPACE Options for Social and Economic Development for Children and Poor Households in 182 Countries SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY ...
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Abstract: The world's financial and economic crisis has taken a toll on children and poor households. High food and commodity prices, unemployment and austerity measures have aggravated persistent inequalities and contributed... more
Abstract: The world's financial and economic crisis has taken a toll on children and poor households. High food and commodity prices, unemployment and austerity measures have aggravated persistent inequalities and contributed to a substantial rise in hunger and ...
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3 Table I shows the world financial flows. The reality that all developing countries face is the current transfer of resources from South to North. Since 2000, instead of wealthy countries in the North transferring capital and development... more
3 Table I shows the world financial flows. The reality that all developing countries face is the current transfer of resources from South to North. Since 2000, instead of wealthy countries in the North transferring capital and development aid to the countries in the South, it has ...
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Page 1. Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=991900 Handbook on Poverty and Social Analysis A Working Document Isabel Ortiz, Neil O'Sullivan, Susanna Price, Lynn Pieper, Susan Wendt and Warren Van Wicklin III... more
Page 1. Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=991900 Handbook on Poverty and Social Analysis A Working Document Isabel Ortiz, Neil O'Sullivan, Susanna Price, Lynn Pieper, Susan Wendt and Warren Van Wicklin III Asian Development Bank Page 2. ...
... Please update your bookmarks. Economia política de la política económica en España 1977-1993. Isabel Ortiz () and José L. Curbelo Additional contact information José L. Curbelo: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain.... more
... Please update your bookmarks. Economia política de la política económica en España 1977-1993. Isabel Ortiz () and José L. Curbelo Additional contact information José L. Curbelo: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain. Nova Economia, 1993, vol. ...