Kosovo Social Assistance Scheme Study : Assessment and Reform Options

Kosovo Social Assistance Scheme Study : Assessment and Reform Options

The Social Assistance Scheme (SAS) is the main social assistance program in Kosovo and the sole program targeted at poverty reduction in Kosovo and, importantly, the only program in which household income and assets are used to identify beneficiari...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
BENEFIT TARGETING
POVERTY REDUCTION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/994991557470271998/Kosovo-Social-Assistance-Scheme-Study-Assessment-and-Reform-Options
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spelling okr-10986-317182021-05-25T09:23:56Z Kosovo Social Assistance Scheme Study : Assessment and Reform Options World Bank Group SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE BENEFIT TARGETING POVERTY REDUCTION The Social Assistance Scheme (SAS) is the main social assistance program in Kosovo and the sole program targeted at poverty reduction in Kosovo and, importantly, the only program in which household income and assets are used to identify beneficiaries. In the absence of SAS, the overall poverty gap would have been 1.8 percentage points higher in 2016, and the poverty rate would have been 1.5 percentage points higher. Yet, the importance of SAS in Kosovo’s social protection system has declined; decreases in spending on targeted social assistance in Kosovo goes against a worldwide trend. The Government of Kosovo seeks to reform the SAS to eliminate discrimination in program design, promote inclusion and reduce poverty. This report reviews the main design criteria of the SAS, its performance in international comparison, and provides directions for reform based on simulations with household survey data. 2019-05-16T19:38:28Z 2019-05-16T19:38:28Z 2019-03 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/994991557470271998/Kosovo-Social-Assistance-Scheme-Study-Assessment-and-Reform-Options http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31718 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Europe and Central Asia Kosovo
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SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
BENEFIT TARGETING
POVERTY REDUCTION
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SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
BENEFIT TARGETING
POVERTY REDUCTION
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Kosovo Social Assistance Scheme Study : Assessment and Reform Options
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description The Social Assistance Scheme (SAS) is the main social assistance program in Kosovo and the sole program targeted at poverty reduction in Kosovo and, importantly, the only program in which household income and assets are used to identify beneficiaries. In the absence of SAS, the overall poverty gap would have been 1.8 percentage points higher in 2016, and the poverty rate would have been 1.5 percentage points higher. Yet, the importance of SAS in Kosovo’s social protection system has declined; decreases in spending on targeted social assistance in Kosovo goes against a worldwide trend. The Government of Kosovo seeks to reform the SAS to eliminate discrimination in program design, promote inclusion and reduce poverty. This report reviews the main design criteria of the SAS, its performance in international comparison, and provides directions for reform based on simulations with household survey data.
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author World Bank Group
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title Kosovo Social Assistance Scheme Study : Assessment and Reform Options
title_short Kosovo Social Assistance Scheme Study : Assessment and Reform Options
title_full Kosovo Social Assistance Scheme Study : Assessment and Reform Options
title_fullStr Kosovo Social Assistance Scheme Study : Assessment and Reform Options
title_full_unstemmed Kosovo Social Assistance Scheme Study : Assessment and Reform Options
title_sort kosovo social assistance scheme study : assessment and reform options
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/994991557470271998/Kosovo-Social-Assistance-Scheme-Study-Assessment-and-Reform-Options
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