Harmonizing Services for Inclusive Growth : Improving Access to Essential Services for Vulnerable Groups in Bulgaria

World Bank

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: INCLUSIVE GROWTH;    SOCIAL POLICY REFORM;    SERVICE DELIVERY;    VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS;    POVERTY;   

RP-ID  :  127487

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

European countries increasingly focus onenhancing access to and strengthening explicit linkagesbetween benefits and essential services to create synergies,avoid dependency of low income families on allowances, andpromote labor market participation of the inactive andvulnerable population. In order to facilitate access tosupport people need, Member States are advised to work onbetter coordination of social benefits and services toreduce poverty and support social and labor integration.This report defines essential services as education, health,and social, child protection and employment services, andsocial benefits as non-contributory cash allowances.Available evidence suggests that there is substantial scopeto improve the effectiveness of essential services andbenefits in Bulgaria, and that only partial coverage ofvulnerable groups and limited progress in poverty reductionhave been achieved. The system has substantial quantity andquality gaps in coverage, especially for the bottom 20percent of the population. The essential services andbenefits provide unbalanced responses to differentvulnerabilities, and are particularly unsuccessful inoffering the poor population an adequate level of support.