Child Welfare Outcomes During the 1990s : The Case of Russia, Volume 2. Main Report
The objective of this study is to 1) review the situation and trends in terms of child welfare outcomes in Russia; 2) review and evaluate social policy responses; 3) identify major issues and challenges; and 4) propose policies and measures that wo...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2075837/russian-federation-child-welfare-outcomes-during-1990s-case-russia-vol-2-russian-federation-child-welfare-outcomes-during-1990s-case-russia-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15325 |
| Summary: | The objective of this study is to 1)
review the situation and trends in terms of child welfare
outcomes in Russia; 2) review and evaluate social policy
responses; 3) identify major issues and challenges; and 4)
propose policies and measures that would improve child
well-being outcomes. The study consists of two parts. the
first part reviews child welfare outcomes during the 1990s,
focusing on child poverty and vulnerability, as well as
health, education, and nutrition status. Chapter 2 links
child well-being outcomes to the protracted economic crisis
and related labor market developments, high inequality,
rapid demographic and family formation changes, as well as
generally insufficient, severely fiscally constrained and
ineffective policy responses. Chapter 3 examines public
policy responses in social protection, health and education,
focusing on safety nets particularly policies targeting
families and children. the second part of the study focuses
on two groups of children identified as particularly
vulnerable in Russia: children deprived of birth family
upbringing and children with disabilities. the chapter on
the former highlights their growing numbers against a
continued decline in the child population, as well as the
continued practice of costly, detrimental to child
development and ineffective long-term institutionalization
of such children. It reviews legal and institutional reforms
undertaken so far and identifies challenges related to
designing effective reform. |
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