Cover -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- The Social Protection Index -- General Results -- Program Results -- Main Subcomponents -- Depth and Breadth of Coverage -- Poverty Impact -- Gender Impact -- General Results and Implications -- Chapter 1: Overview of the Social Protection Index -- What Is Social Protection? -- Basic Features of the Social Protection Index -- How Is the Social Protection Index Constructed? -- Disaggregating the Social Protection Index by Depth and Breadth, by Poverty, and by Gender -- Chapter 2: Social Protection Index Results for Asia and the Pacific -- General Results -- Relationship between a Country's Social Protection Index and its GDP Per Capita -- Social Protection Index Results by Income Category -- Social Protection Index Results by Region -- General Findings -- Chapter 3: Social Protection Index Results by Social Protection Program -- Asia and the Pacific -- By Region -- By Income Group -- Chapter 4: Social Protection: Depth and Breadth of Benefits -- Introduction -- Depth and Breadth across Regions -- Relationship between Depth or Breadth and GDP Per Capita -- Chapter 5: Social Protection Programs: Important Subcomponents -- Subcomponents of Social Insurance -- Subcomponents of Social Assistance -- Subcomponents of Labor Market Programs -- Chapter 6: Poverty Impact of Social Protection -- Introduction -- The Relative Impact on the Poor and the Nonpoor -- Social Protection Indices for the Poor and the Nonpoor -- Disaggregating the Social Protection Indices for the Poor and the Nonpoor -- Chapter 7: Gender Dimensions of Social Protection -- Introduction -- Social Protection Indices by Gender and by Program -- Gender Equity and Income Per Capita -- Chapter 8: Summary of Results and Implications -- Dominance of Social Insurance.

Impact of Social Assistance -- Limited Role of Labor Market Programs -- Gender Impact of Social Protection -- Conclusions -- Appendixes -- 1 Calculating the Social Protection Index and Its Components -- Basic Structure of the Social Protection Index -- Modifications in the Original Social Protection Index -- 2 Social Protection Index Country Reports -- 3 Tables -- References -- Tables -- 1.1 Social Protection Programs and Their Subcomponents -- 2.1 Social Protection Index, Social Protection Expenditures as Percentage of GDP, and GDP Per Capita, 2009 -- 3.1 Unweighted and Weighted Social Protection Index by Program, 2009 -- 5.1 Combined Shares of Total Social Protection: Labor Market, Health, and Programs for the Elderly (%) -- 6.1 Unweighted Ratios of the Poor Relative to 25% GDP Per Capita, 2009 -- Figures -- 2.1 Social Protection Index and GDP Per Capita, 2009 -- 2.2 Social Protection Index by Income Group, 2009 -- 2.3 Social Protection Index by Region, 2009 -- 3.1 Unweighted Social Protection Index by Category and Region, 2009 -- 3.2 Unweighted Social Protection Index by Category and Income Group, 2009 -- 4.1 Depth of the Social Protection Index by Program -- 4.2 Breadth of the Social Protection Index by Program -- 4.3 Breadth of the Social Protection Index and GDP Per Capita, 2009 -- 5.1 Share of Social Protection Expenditures by Program and Major Components, 2009 -- 5.2 Share of Social Protection Beneficiaries by Program and Major Components, 2009 -- 6.1 Social Protection Index by Poverty Status and Program, 2009 -- 7.1 Social Protection Index by Gender and Program, 2009 -- 7.2 Social Protection Index for Women and GDP Per Capita, 2009 -- Boxes -- 1.1. How Data Were Gathered for the Social Protection Index -- 1.2. Use of Poverty-Line Expenditures -- 1.3. How Intended Beneficiaries Were Defined.

3.1. National Health Insurance System in the Republic of Korea -- 3.2. Mahalla Social Assistance in Uzbekistan -- 3.3. Central Provident Fund of Singapore -- 3.4. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of India -- 5.1. Pension Systems in Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan -- 5.2. Jamkesmas Social Health Insurance in Indonesia -- 5.3. Program of Unemployment Benefits in the Republic of Korea -- 5.4. Conditional Cash Transfers in the Philippines -- 5.5. Disaster Relief Programs in Bangladesh -- 5.6. Food-for-Work Program in Afghanistan -- 6.1. Minimum Living Security System in the People's Republic of China -- 6.2. Chek Chuay Chaat Program in Thailand: Cash Transfers for the Poor -- 7.1. Benazir Income Support Program in Pakistan -- 7.2. Social Pensions for Elderly Women in Bangladesh.