World Bank2014-08-142014-08-142014-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19307This note proposes a reform agenda to address the challenges facing the system of social assistance This will require: i) a progressive shift of public expenditure toward pro-poor programs; ii) improving coherence and complementarity among social protection programs, and iii) making social assistance programs more inclusive and responsive. The structure of this chapter is as follows. The next two sections provide an overview of poverty and the composition and trends in non-contributory social protection expenditure in the Kyrgyz Republic. The fourth section looks at performance of the social assistance expenditure in the Kyrgyz Republic and shows that while spending has increased significantly in recent years, its performance in terms of coverage and targeting of the poor, as well as in terms of its impact on poverty remains modest. Other issues, which are important to take into account in the process of improving effectiveness of social assistance expenditure, are discussed in the following section. The last section concludes by summarizing key challenges and proposing recommendations for system reform, as well as areas requiring further research and analysis.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSENCE OF TRANSFERSABSOLUTE POVERTYABSOLUTE TERMSADMINISTRATIVE COSTSALLOCATIONALLOCATION OF EXPENDITUREAVERAGE SIZE OF PENSIONSBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDSBREADWINNERBUDGET ALLOCATIONSBUDGET ENVELOPECASH PAYMENTSCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCASH TRANSFERSCENTRAL BUDGETCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCOMMUNITY SERVICESCOMPENSATIONCOMPENSATIONSCONFLICTCONSUMPTION QUINTILESCORRUPTIONCOST EFFECTIVENESSCOST-EFFICIENCYCOUNTERFACTUALDECLINE IN POVERTYDISABILITYDISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITSDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTECONOMIC SHOCKSEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENTITLEMENTSEQUAL OPPORTUNITIESEUEXCHANGE RATEEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME POVERTY LINEFAMILIES WITH CHILDRENFEMALEFEMALESFINANCIAL FLOWSFINANCIAL SUPPORTFISCAL SAVINGSFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD PRICESGENERAL REVENUESHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITAHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHOUSEHOLDS WITH PENSIONERSHOUSESHOUSINGHOUSING SUBSIDIESHUMAN CAPITALIMPACT ON POVERTYIMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTIONINCOMEINEQUALITYINFLATIONINFLATION RATEINSURANCEINTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERSLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL BUDGETSMEDIUM-TERM OBJECTIVESMEDIUM-TERM PLANMINISTRY OF FINANCEMUNICIPALITIESNATIONAL STATISTICSNATURAL DISASTERSNUTRITIONOLD-AGEPENSIONPENSION FUNDPENSION REFORMPENSION SCHEMEPEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESPERFORMANCE CRITERIAPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPERVERSE INCENTIVESPOORPOOR FAMILIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY GAP INDEXPOVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEXPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INDICESPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION IMPACTPOVERTY RISKPOVERTY SEVERITYPOVERTY STATUSPREGNANCYPRICE SUBSIDIESPRIVATE TRANSFERSPROGRAM DESIGNPROGRAM MANAGERSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURE POLICYPUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEWPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC INVESTMENTSPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEESPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSREDUCTION OF POVERTYREFORM AGENDAREGIONAL DISPARITIESREMOTE REGIONSRURALRURAL AREASRURAL POORSAFETY NETSAFETY NETSSAVINGSSCHOOL FEEDINGSEXSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL BENEFITSOCIAL BENEFITSSOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURESOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL PROTECTION EXPENDITURESSOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDINGSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL TRANSFERSPENDING LEVELSSTATE BUDGETSUBSISTENCETARGETINGTOTAL SPENDINGTRANSPARENCYUNEMPLOYMENTVICTIMSVULNERABLE GROUPSVULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDSWARWELFARE DISTRIBUTIONWELFARE INDICATORWELFARE QUINTILESWIDOWSWILL10.1596/19307