While social protection spending in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is comparatively high, spending on anti-poverty social assistance programs is low and fragmented across several programs. Furthermore, recent spending has been tilted toward non-means-tested programs, like Parental Allowance, in a context where poverty levels are relatively high and income-generation opportunities for the poor remain scarce, which raises allocative efficiency concerns. The coverage and the adequacy of benefit levels for the Social Financial Assistance, the best targeted program, remains low, while the incentives for social assistance beneficiaries to take up employment remain absent. Gaps in program coverage leave many households mired in poverty and will need to be addressed through reforms.
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Document Date
2018/11/01
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Document Type
Working Paper
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Report Number
132397
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Disclosure Date
2018/11/27
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
FYR Macedonia Special Focus Note : Social Assistance
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Keywords
social assistance; social assistance program; Social Welfare and Child Protection; level of support; social assistance system; categorical social assistance; social transfer; disability benefit; decline in poverty; labor market program; social protection spending; social assistance spending; cost of living; Poverty & Inequality; guaranteed minimum income; relative poverty rate; eligibility threshold; bottom quintile; minimum wage; poverty gap; old-age pension; child allowance; targeting performance; living condition; limited income; adult equivalent; household income; low-income household; benefit incidence; budget allocation; disability allowance; benefit amount; equivalence scale; budget neutral; financial incentive; program coverage; social insurance; pension spending; disability assessment; application procedure; survivor's pension; Cash Transfer; targeted program; allocative efficiency; subsistence minimum; poverty threshold
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FYR Macedonia Special Focus Note : Social Assistance (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/720171542965871345/FYR-Macedonia-Special-Focus-Note-Social-Assistance