To What Extent Does the Existing Safety Net Protect the Poor?
The objective of social protection policies is to help families, individuals and communities with the prevention and mitigation of social and economic risks. Social protection policies are a range of public interventions to support the poor and vul...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/914301486988386789/To-what-extent-does-the-existing-safety-net-protect-the-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26126 |
| Summary: | The objective of social protection
policies is to help families, individuals and communities
with the prevention and mitigation of social and economic
risks. Social protection policies are a range of public
interventions to support the poor and vulnerable, and assist
families, individuals and communities to better manage
social and economic risks. The objective of this paper is to
assess the effectiveness of the Kyrgyz social safety net in
protecting the poor using data from the 2008 Kyrgyz
Integrated Household Survey (KIHS). The analysis focuses on
non-contributory social benefits targeted to poor and
vulnerable households. The next section provides an overview
of the current system of social benefits and recent reforms.
Section three presents the results of the empirical
analysis, focusing on coverage, distribution, adequacy and
impact of the current non-contributory social transfers.
Section four discusses the potential impact of the reform
and further challenges. |
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