Kyrgyz Republic : Minimum Living Standards and Alternative Targeting Methods for Social Transfers

The objective of this report is twofold: first, analyze and discuss the linkages between different minimum standards currently used in the Kyrgyz Republic and with the Monthly Benefit for Poor Families (MBPF), and, secondly, to analyze the potentia...

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Main Author:	Gassmann, Franziska
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AVERAGE MONTHLY PER CAPITA INCOME BALANCED DIET BARS BASIC NEEDS BENEFICIARY GROUPS BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS BENEFIT DISTRIBUTION BREAD CACAO CALORIC REQUIREMENTS CALORIE INTAKE CAPACITY BUILDING CEREAL PRODUCTS CEREALS CHILD ALLOWANCES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMER PRICE INDICES CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION LEVEL CONSUMPTION PATTERNS COOKING CORRELATION COEFFICIENT COST EFFECTIVENESS CURRENT POVERTY DAILY CALORIES DAIRY DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REVIEW EGGS EQUIVALENCE SCALES EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN FAMILY INCOME FATS FISH PRODUCTS FOOD BASKET FOOD BASKETS FOOD COMPONENT FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD GOODS FOOD INTAKE FOOD ITEMS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD STANDARDS FRUITS HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN HOUSING IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INFORMAL TRANSFERS INSURANCE LAND OWNERSHIP LAND QUALITY LIVING STANDARDS MARGARINE MEANS TESTING MEANS TESTS MEAT MILK MOUNTAIN AREAS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY LINES NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NON-FOOD CONSUMPTION NON-FOOD GOODS NON-FOOD ITEMS NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS OBLAST LEVEL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY CHANGE POOR POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POTATOES POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT POVERTY RISK POVERTY STATUS PRICE INFORMATION PRIVATE TRANSFERS PROTEINS PUBLIC SPENDING RANK CORRELATION RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION STANDARD ERRORS SUBSISTENCE SUGAR TARGETING TEA URBAN AREAS VEGETABLES VITAMINS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WELFARE INDICATOR WELFARE LEVEL WORKING CONDITIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17796512/kyrgyz-republic-minimum-living-standards-alternative-targeting-methods-social-transfers-policy-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16087

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Summary:	The objective of this report is twofold: first, analyze and discuss the linkages between different minimum standards currently used in the Kyrgyz Republic and with the Monthly Benefit for Poor Families (MBPF), and, secondly, to analyze the potential of alternative targeting methods and benefit levels. The analysis in this report mainly draws on data from the Kyrgyz Integrated Household Survey (KIHS) 2010. The report is structured as follows: the next section analyzes and compares different minimum living standards as currently used in the Kyrgyz Republic. Subsequently, we simulate different targeting options using static micro-simulation. Categorical targeting, proxy-means testing and the current means-test given a higher Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) are analyzed and eventually compared in terms of cost efficiency. The last section concludes. One of the objectives of the Strategy for Social Protection Development 2012-2014 of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (GoKG) is to improve the targeting performance of the MBPF. The MBPF is the only last-resort social transfer program in the Kyrgyz Republic aimed at providing a guaranteed minimum income to the population. Currently, eligibility for the MBPF is determined by a means-test. A second objective of the strategy, which is closely linked to the first, aims at improving the poverty reduction effectiveness of the transfer. The size of the MBPF is defined by the difference between family income per capita and the level of the GMI. The main purpose of a national poverty line is to analyze they extent and nature of poverty in the country, and to assess the (distributional) outcomes of public policies. The objective of the food poverty line is to identify the extremely poor households and individuals in the society.

Kyrgyz Republic : Minimum Living Standards and Alternative Targeting Methods for Social Transfers

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