The safety net guidelines in this document complement recent and ongoing efforts undertaken in other contexts, including the analysis in the World Development Report, the Asian Development Bank’s Social Safety Net initiatives, the Inter-American Development Bank initiative on Social Protection for Equity and Growth and the preparation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, among others. Details in this report.

• Introduction
• Guidelines on The Policy Environment
• Pre-Crisis Planning
• Choice of Instruments
• Transparency and Accountability
• Conclusions
• Annexes