1. Targeting the Elderly or Targeting Households
Morning Symposium on Social Pensions verses Social Assistance
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Room: MC 2-800
9:00-
9:15
Welcome. The Importance of Social Pensions and Social Assistance for Old Age Poverty Protection.
(Arup Banerji, Director of Social Protection, The World Bank)
9:15-
10:45
Should the Elderly be Targeted? Social Pensions for the Elderly or Social Assistance for Households.
Chair: Robert Palacios, The World Bank
 Margaret Grosh, The World Bank
 Krzysztof Hagemejer, Coordinator of Social Security Policy, ILO
 Charles Knox-Vydmanov, Helpage International
 Discussant: Armando Barrientos (via VC): Professor and Research Director, Brooks World Poverty Institute.
10:45-
11:00
Coffee
11:00-
12:15
Country Experiences
Chair: Ruslan Yemstov, The World Bank
 The Experience of Mexico (Emma Aguila, RAND)
 Insights from the Brazil Rural Assistance Program (Mariano Bosch Mossi, Inter-American Development Bank)
 Insights from Malaysia (Mark Dorfman, The World Bank)
 Insights from Sub-Saharan Africa (Philippe Leite, The World Bank)
 Experiences in LICs (Armando Barrientos - via Video)
12:15-
12:30
Summary and key messages
Robert Palacios