How effective can efficient be? Social assistance in Kosovo and what it means for children

摘要: The primary objective of the majority social assistance schemes is to reduce poverty, and targeting often considered an important tool reach this more efficiently effectively. This paper investigates efficiency effectiveness a targeted benefit scheme that uses hybrid form subject tight budget constraint, namely in Kosovo. In recognition long-term detrimental negative consequences child we focus particularly on scheme’s impact children. A mixed method approach used investigate both economic non-economic costs implications. Findings suggest highly efficient but excludes many poor Poverty impacts are limited does not resonate well with its recipients. Policy simulations indicate incremental increases have potential greatly poverty when implemented hand-in-hand amendments t...