LIESAP/Counterpart International, Inc.
Center for Strategic Studies and Reforms (CISR)
Evaluation of Social Assistance to Population through the Nominative Targeted
Compensations Program
(January 2003)
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Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
1. Transition and Problems of Social Assistance for the Population
1.1.Social Assistance Scheme in Moldova – Key Features and
Financing
1.2.Payment for Public Utilities as a Heavy Burden for the
Population
2. New Approaches to Reforming the Social Assistance System
2.1.Initial Attempts of the Government to Solve the Problem
(1997-1999)
2.2.Transition from the System of General Benefits to
Targeted Social Programmes (2000)
3. Arguments for Improvement of the NTC System: Transition from Category-Based
System to the Needs-Based System
3.1.Critical Evaluation of the Existing Setting and Payment
of Nominative Targeted Compensations (NTC)
3.2.Comparison of Disposable Incomes of NTC Beneficiaries
with the Overall Country’s Population Based on National Households Budgets
Surveys
3.3.Necessity to Rationalize the Social Assistance System in
the Context of Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy
Conclusions and Policy Implications
References
Appendix: Findings of the Nominative Targeted
Compensations Survey (Oct. 2002)
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