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Kosovo Social Assistance Scheme Study : Assessment and Reform Options.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- World Bank Group.
- Series:
- Other Social Protection Study.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Other Social Protection Study
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty Monitoring and Analysis.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Social Protections and Assistance.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Local Subjects:
- Poverty Monitoring and Analysis.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Social Protections and Assistance.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Other Title:
- Kosovo Social Assistance Scheme Study
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2019.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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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