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Title Income support for the poorest : a review of experience in Eastern Europe and Central Asia / Emil Tesliuc [and three others] ; cover design, Debra Naylor
Published Washington, District of Columbia : The World Bank, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts, graphs, tables
Series Online access: World Bank World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
Contents Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The role of last-resort income support in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region -- Overview of key arrangements : institutional actors, regulations, and program financing -- Eligibility -- Benefit levels and conditions : balancing designs to manage disincentives to work -- Control and accountability in lRIS programs -- Administrative costs -- Summary and conclusions
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters
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Subject Income maintenance programs -- Asia, Central
Income maintenance programs -- Europe, Eastern
Public welfare -- Europe, Eastern
Public welfare -- Asia, Central
Poor -- Europe, Eastern
Poor -- Asia, Central
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Income maintenance programs
Poor
Public welfare
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Tesliuc, Emil, author
Naylor, Debra, cover designer
ISBN 9781464802386
1464802386
1464802378
9781464802379