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| Document Date:
| 1996/06/28 |
| Document Type:
| Sector Report |
| Report Number:
| 15380 |
| Volume No:
| 1 |
| Country:
| Belarus ; |
| Doc Name:
| Belarus - An assessment of poverty and prospects for improved living standards |
| Keywords:
| absolute poverty,adjustment process,agricultural production,average poverty,cash income,cost effectiveness,debt,developing countries,Distorted Incentives,economic activity,Economic Cooperation,economic decline,Economic Growth,economic policies,economies of scale,EXCHANGE RATES,Expenditure Categories,expenditures,external debt,fiscal constraints,Health Services,Household Income,Household Size,Household Survey,Housing Conditions,Human Capital,Human Development,incentive structures,income,income countries,Income Distribution,income households,income information,income level,income support,income taxes,income volatility,INEQUALITY,inflation,institutional environment,insurance,Labor Market,labor market policies,living conditions,living standards,long term,macroeconomic policies,macroeconomic stability,market economy,market prices,mean income,means testing,Measuring Poverty,median income,national level,old age,output decline,pension system,policy choices,poor,poor people,poverty assessment,poverty gap,poverty gap index,poverty headcount,Poverty Line,Poverty Lines,Poverty Profile,poverty profiles,Poverty Status,Price Changes,productivity,public goods,public spending,purchasing power,purchasing power parity,real wages,redistributive policies,Reducing Poverty,rural areas,Safety Net,Savings,short term,Social Assistance,social assistance programs,social insurance programs,social policies,SOCIAL POLICY,Social Programs,Social Protection,social protection programs,social protection systems,Social Security,Social Services,targeting,targeting efficiency,transition process,unemployment,vulnerable groups,wage income. Poverty mitigation; Income levels; Target population; Economic growth; Risk; Social policy; Human capital; Income inequalities; Social inequality; Social services; Economic analysis Show More |
| Language:
| English |
| Major Sector:
| (Historic)Multisector |
| Region:
| Europe and Central Asia ; |
| Rep Title:
| Belarus - An assessment of poverty and prospects for improved living standards |
| Sector:
| Non-Sector Specific |
| Topics:
| Poverty Reduction |
| SubTopics:
| Environmental Economics & Policies ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Poverty Assessment ; Services & Transfers to Poor ; Safety Nets and Transfers |
| Unit Owning:
| ECA Sector Units |
| Bus Process: | A.3.b. Sector Report Preparation |
| Collection Title: | World Development Sources, WDS 1996 |
| Doc Cat: | BANK REPORTS |
| Originating Unit: | WB Off:Warsaw(Cnt Eur & Baltics) (ECCPL) |
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| The policy makers in Belarus are concerned with: a) the shrinking economy and falling incomes; b) the growing poverty and inequality; and c) ineffective and poorly targeted social protection spending. This Poverty Assessment analyses these concerns and makes policy recommendations for improving the present poverty situation. Job opportunities and higher real wages require economic growth, which requires a fundamental economic restructuring and a redefinition of the role of the state in the economy. Protecting the vulnerable is also important. Belarus needs to evolve toward a set of integrated universal social programs tailored to meet specific population segment needs. The report argues that Belarus has the capacity to administer a simple mean-tested social assistance system if it focuses on three core at risk groups: a) low income families with children; b) poor pensioners living alone or as couples; and c) people in other low income groups. This report outlines one possible model and proposes a fiscally neutral and cost effective variant. |
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