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The focus covers social assistance schemes supporting the poor, with emphasis on the Financial Social Assistance Programme (FSA) and Child Allowance, plus ways to improve FSA benefit delivery. The note also evaluates the system’s response to COVID-19 impacts on household welfare and considers adjustments for future shocks, concluding with key findings and recommendations.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nSERBIA SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW NOTE  \n2022  \nPub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized  \nSERBIA SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW NOTE  \nSERBIA SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW NOTE  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENT  \nThis report was prepared by a joint World Bank-UNICEF team: Ana Prodanović (Child Rights Monitoring  \nSpecialist, UNICEF), Biljana Mladenović (Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF), Marijana Jašarević(Social Protection Specialist, World Bank), Renata Mayer Gukovas (Research Analyst, World Bank), and Sarah Coll-Black (Senior Economist, World Bank).  \nThe work is part of the Human Capital Review led by Jamele Rigolini (Program Leader, World Bank) and Ana Prodanović (Child Rights Monitoring Specialist, UNICEF). The team is grateful for the outstanding administrative support provided by Bisera Nurković (Program Assistant, World Bank).  \nThe authors would like to thank the Ministry of Family Care and Demography and the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veterans, and Social Affairs (MoLEVSA), for their inputs, discussions, and for sharing valuable data and information.  \nThe report was prepared under the guidance of Cem Mete (Practice Manager, Social Protection and Labor Unit at Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank), Stephen Ndegwa (former Country Manager, World Bank office in Serbia), Nicola Pontara (Country Manager, World Bank office in Serbia) and Deyana Kostadinova (UNICEF Serbia Representative).  \nThe findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed herein are those of the authors alone. They do not necessarily reflect the views of UNICEF or the Board of Executive Directors ofthe World Bank or the Governments they represent.  \nCONTENTS  \nAbbreviations 4  \nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5  \n1. INTRODUCTION 10  \n2. SERBIA’S OVERALL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE 11  \n3. EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES: TARGETING, COVERAGE AND GENEROSITY 20  \n3.1. Coverage and targeting of social assistance programmes 20  \n3.2. Effectiveness of social assistance programmes 28  \n4. EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE DELIVERY SYSTEM:  \nA CASE STUDY OF THE FSA 35  \n4.1. Outreach 36  \n4.2. Intake, registration 39  \n4.3. Determination of benefits and service package 44  \n4.4. Notification and onboarding 45  \n4.5. Provision of benefits and services 45  \n4.6. Reassessment 46  \n4.7. Beneficiaries’ compliance, updating and grievances 47  \n4.8. Exit decisions, notifications and case outcomes 48  \n5. COVID-19 RESPONSE TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT ON PEOPLE 49  \n5.1. MoLEVSA response during the COVID-19 crisis 49  \n5.2. Reflection on the delivery mechanism for protection of the poorest population  \nduring the crisis 52  \n5.3. The legal basis for universal versus targeted support 53  \n5.4. Individual versus collective risk and the implications for the social protection system 54  \n6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 56  \n6.1. Expenditure and performance of social assistance 56  \n6.2. Delivery of social protection system 58  \n6.3. Social protection response to COVID-19 60  \nReferences 61  \nAnnex 1. Serbia’s social assistance programmes 62  \nAnnex 2. Detailed changes introduced with the new Law on Financial Support to Families with Children (FSFC Law) from 2018 67  \nAnnex 3. Assessment of the accessibility of information on FSA based on the analysis of the websites of MoLEVSA, the Serbian Government and the three largest cities in Serbia 71  \nAnnex 4. 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