Income Support for the Poorest: A Review of Experience in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

by Margaret Grosh, Emil Tesliuc, Ruslan Yemtsov, et al.

This study reviews the role and workings, with their strengths and weaknesses of last-resort income support (LRIS) programs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It draws on a combination of household survey and administrative data for a large group of countries and detailed case studies for a smaller number of countries that span the spectrum of the income range in the region. It thus combines the value of wide, comparable multi-country work with that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464802378
• ISBN13: 9781464802379
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"