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Improvement of calculation methodology for subsistence minimum in Kazakhstan

Improvement of calculation methodology for subsistence minimum in Kazakhstan. Irina Buchinskaya Programme Assistant Poverty Reduction Team. Description of the Problem. Poverty line and subsistence minimum SM composition developed in 1998

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Improvement of calculation methodology for subsistence minimum in Kazakhstan

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  1. Improvement of calculation methodology for subsistence minimum in Kazakhstan Irina Buchinskaya Programme Assistant Poverty Reduction Team

  2. Description of the Problem • Poverty line and subsistence minimum • SM composition developed in 1998 • SM – basic indicator for social assistance and benefits

  3. Objectives • Revise the subsistence minimum • Draft a new methodology for its calculation • Consider using SM as a basic social standard

  4. Strategy • Effective partnership • Sustainable results • Bring in international practice

  5. Innovative Aspects • Timely response to national needs • Effective partnerships • Consistency of undertaken initiatives • Sustainability of results

  6. Activities • ILO project funded by UNDP • SM study and recommendations • Workshops and high-level meetings to discuss recommendations • Workshops to present Programme for Further Deepeningof Social Reforms

  7. Partnerships • UNDP/ILO • UNDP/ILO/MLSP • UNDP/MLSP/Statistics Agency • UNDP/public and research institutions

  8. Results • Calculation methodology used officially (amendments to National Law on Subsistence Minimum, December 2005) • Further revision of SM part of MLSP’s WP and State Programme

  9. Problems Encountered • Lack of national expertise and academic & research capacities in the subject field at the time of research • Lack of resources for more detailed regional survey and breakdown

  10. Sustainability • Legal framework - National Law on Subsistence Minimum • State Programme – MLSP responsible, funding from national budget

  11. Replicability in Other Country Context • Participatory approach • National counterparts’ trust toward UNDP

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