ABSTRACT
This study addresses the experience of, and responses to poverty in a range of transition economies including Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovenia, Uzbekistan, Romania, Albania and Macedonia. It covers topics such as the definition of poverty lines and the measurement of poverty; the role of income-in-kind in supporting families; homelessness and destitution; housing; the design, targeting and administration of welfare; and personal responses to economic transition.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 4|19 pages
Social assistance in Uzbekistan 1
Can the mahallas target state support on the most vulnerable?
chapter 9|14 pages
Estimation of poverty lines based on Ravallion's method
Application to the Republic of Macedonia
chapter 14|20 pages
Targeting poverty benefits in Russia
Reality-based alternatives to income-testing