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Income support for the poorest : a review of experience in Eastern Europe and Central Asia / / Emil Tesliuc [and three others] ; cover design, Debra Naylor



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Titolo: Income support for the poorest : a review of experience in Eastern Europe and Central Asia / / Emil Tesliuc [and three others] ; cover design, Debra Naylor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
Disciplina: 362.5820947
Soggetto topico: Income maintenance programs - Asia, Central
Income maintenance programs - Europe, Eastern
Public welfare - Europe, Eastern
Public welfare - Asia, Central
Poor - Europe, Eastern
Poor - Asia, Central
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Persona (resp. second.): TesliucEmil
NaylorDebra
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Motivation; Road Map of the Study; Data Sources; Table 1.1 Summary Program Review; Tables; Notes; Reference; Chapter 2 The Role of Last-Resort Income Support in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Table 2.1 LRIS Programs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and Number of Beneficiaries; Context for Last-Resort Programs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Poverty, Informality, and Inherited Social Protection Systems; Table 2.2 Country Contexts; How Much Is Spent on LRIS Programs?
Figure 2.1 Social Assistance Spending by Main Types of Programs, 2008-09Figures; Figure 2.2 Cost of Filling the Poverty Gap (Various Poverty Lines) versus Spending on LRIS Programs, 2008-09; Last-Resort Programs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: What Do They Achieve?; Figure 2.3 Share of Poorest Quintile Covered by All Social Assistance and by LRIS, Latest Data Available; Table 2.3 Poverty Headcounts and Number of Beneficiaries of Social Assistance and LRIS Programs; Table 2.4 Share of the Poorest Quintile Covered by LRIS, Latest Data Available
Figure 2.4 Share of LRIS Benefits Going to the Poorest Quintile in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latest Data AvailableFigure 2.5 Benefit Incidence of Selected Cash Transfer Programs around the World; Figure 2.6 Benefits as a Share of Posttransfer Consumption of Beneficiary Households in the Poorest Quintile, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Changing Role of Last-Resort Programs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Figure 2.7 Coverage of LRIS in Selected Countries over Time, Precrisis
Table 2.5 Effect of LRIS and Social Assistance as a Whole on Poverty and Inequality Indexes, Selected Countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia and Latin AmericaFigure 2.8 Targeting Accuracy: Share of Total LRIS Benefits Accruing to Bottom and Top Quintiles and Deciles of Beneficiaries; Figure 2.9 Generosity of LRIS, Ratio of Benefits to Consumption by Beneficiaries; Figure 2.10 Social Assistance Spending by Category of Program as a Share of GDP: Evolution Pre- and Postcrisis; Figure 2.11 Coverage of the Bulgarian GMI Program, 2003-09
Figure 2.12 Coverage of the LRIS and Other Social Assistance Programs during and after the 2008 Crisis, Selected Countries in Eastern Europe and Central AsiaConclusions from the Program Overview; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Overview of Key Arrangements: Institutional Actors, Regulations, and Program Financing; Institutional Arrangements; Table 3.1 Administrative-Territorial Organization and Overlap with the Program Institutional Map; Setting the Program Rules; Boxes; Box 3.1 Forms of Decentralization in Service Delivery; Figure 3.1 Delegation of Implementation to Local Governments, Albania
Figure 3.2 Deconcentration of Implementation, Bulgaria
Sommario/riassunto: This study reviews the role and workings, with their strengths and weaknesses of last-resort income support (LRIS) programs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It draws on a combination of household survey and administrative data for a large group of countries and detailed case studies for a smaller number of countries that span the spectrum of the income range in the region. It thus combines the value of wide, comparable multi-country work with that of in-depth, country-specific probing on key themes. The experiences of LRIS programs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have demonstrated the te
Titolo autorizzato: Income support for the poorest  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4648-0238-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
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Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910464336103321
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