Social Assistance in Albania: Decentralization and Targeted Transfers

ISBN-13: 9780821342459 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 40 str.

Harold G. Alderman;World Bank

Opis

Albania provides a small amount of social assistance to nearly 20% of its population through a system which allows a degree of community discretion in determining distribution. This study investigates the poverty targeting of this program. It indicates that relative to other safety net programs in low income countries, social assistance in Albania is fairly well targeted to the poor.