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Oxford Policy Management has conducted two rounds of qualitative evaluations of three poverty-reduction and human development programmes run by the BOTA Foundation in Kazakhstan: the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programme, the Social Services Programme and the Tuition Assistance Programme. To evaluate the CCT, Oxford Policy Management also conducted a two-round quantitative survey and has completed a study of costs across all programmes. The studies included a review of BOTA's awareness-raising activities, the application…
This edition of Insights produced by UNICEF summarizes the findings and recommendations of studies on the impact and outreach of social protection systems in Albania, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. All three countries operate social assistance programmes for children and families and are in the process of establishing social services, but high rates of child placement in formal care still persist, indicating that existing social protection systems are failing to give vulnerable families the support they need to prevent the kinds of crises that lead to a child being placed in…
The economic and social shocks of transition from a socialist economy to a free market economy have had an adverse impact on the capacity of many families in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region to manage risks, and on the capacity of the State to provide meaningful support. As a result, the well-being of children across the region, and in particular in former Soviet countries, has deteriorated. Children face an increased risk of being poor and extremely poor, particularly if they live in multichildren or single-parent families. Their health and nutrition status has worsened. Access to…