Social ProtectionSocial protection describes all public and private initiatives that provide income or consumption transfers to the poor, protect the vulnerable against Social protection systems set up when state planning and public sector was dominant, do not seem to be affordable now when govt policy encourages market Social security primarily refers to a social insurance program providing social protection, or protection against socially recognized conditionsIn recent years, development policy-makers have paid increasing attention to social protection issues. Despite growing consensus around key points, Devereux, S. (2002) Social Protection for the Poorest: Lessons from Recent Experience, IDS Working Paper 142, Brighton, UK: IDSThe mission of the Social Protection & Labor Sector is to assist World Bank country clients to alleviate poverty and promote equitable and sustainable