B6.6.1 Timeline of Key Developments in Georgia’s Targeted Social Assistance Program

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Figure B6.6.1 Timeline of Key Developments in Georgia’s Targeted Social Assistance Program

12/2014: Resolution No. 758: Methodology for assessment of the socioeconomic condition of socially vulnerable families 5/2015: Decree No. 215 of the government, which amends Decree No. 145 8/2015: Adoption of compensation measures

2–3/2014: Collection of additional module in IHS 7–11/2014: Revision of needs index 9–11/2014: Estimation of PMT based on new data 12/2014: Discussion of PMT models, introduction of new benefit structure for the TSA and CBP 12/2014–5/2015: Analysis of winners and losers 2–5/2015: Pretesting of the PMT with social workers 6/2015: Reassessment of TSA households begun

Technical work Policy actions

Source: Baum, Mshvidobadze, and Posadas 2016. Note: The large hollow circles represent legislation (or equivalent), and the small solid circles represent technical work or other agreements. CBP = Child Benefit Program; IHS = Integrated Household Survey; PMT = proxy means test; TSA = targeted social assistance.

review recommended pretesting the new parameters before the national rollout.

The pretestingb was done between March and April 2015, once the law with the new eligibility formula was passed in December 2014. The pretesting confirmed all the predictions of the microsimulations and provided more precise estimates on winners and losers among small, vulnerable groups, which were oversampled for this purpose. For single

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