On September 30, 2020, an online expert consultation was held to discuss the preparation of an investment justification for the need to reform the system of child benefits in Uzbekistan as part of the implementation of the Joint Biennial Work Plan for 2019-2020, signed between the Ministry of Finance and UNICEF.
The head of the Department for the formation of demographic indicators of the Department of Demography and Labor Statistics - Rakhimdjon Satvaldiev and the chief specialist of the Department for the formation and analysis of indicators of the living standards of the Department of Living Standards and Population Surveys – Muslima Mukhamedova took part in the event. Also, the event was attended by the relevant employees of the involved Ministries and Departments of the Republic.
In this expert consultation, the head of the Department of Financing the Social Sphere and Science of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan - Nodir Muslitdinov, Umid Aliyev, Acting Head of Social Policy Department, UNICEF Office in Uzbekistan, and international expert, Matthew Townshend, made a presentation on the topic: “Draft report on the analysis of the cost of inaction - the economic costs associated with continuing to apply current policies and approaches to the payment of child benefits in Uzbekistan".
Further, there was a discussion and agreement of assumptions (hypotheses) and initial data that will be used in the analysis of the cost of inaction, which implies an assessment of the economic costs associated with the continuation of the current policy and approaches in the payment of child benefits.
At the end of the videoconference, responsible officials from ministries and departments provided constructive comments and recommendations to improve the presented methodology for analysis and data collection.
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