UNICEF Kyrgyzstan has just released two new reports co-authored by Franziska Gassmann and Eszter Timar: a multidimensional poverty assessment for the Kyrgyz Republic, and a position paper on social assistance for poor families with children. The first report proposes a national multidimensional poverty index (MPI) tailored specifically to the Kyrgyz Republic. It incorporates indicators related to health, education, food security, living conditions and monetary poverty. Such a measure provides a ...
A new report for the World Food Programme (WFP), co-authored by Prof. Franziska Gassmann and Eszter Timar, presents the findings of three country case studies – Armenia, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan – and provides a general overview of social protection and safety nets issues in relation to food security and nutrition outcomes in the sub-region, with a synthesis of the main trends and a set of consolidated findings and policy recommendations. This report is part of a series of scoping stud...
Rethinking Forced Migration & Displacement: Theory, Policy & Praxis International Association for the Study of Forced Migration International Conference 2016 Poznan, Poland / 12-15 July 2016 Return migration is a powerful symbol, as it aims to signal a return to ‘normalcy’ and ‘reintegration’ as a durable solution to (forced) migration. Investigating such an assumption is key to have a better understanding of the reintegration processes and informing policy and programming responses. How...
In late June 2015 UNU-MERIT will offer a summer school programme in Kyrgyzstan entitled ‘Impact Evaluation Methods in Central Asia’, in partnership with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the Institute of Public Policy and Administration of the University of Central Asia (IPPA/UCA), and the International Security and Development Center (ISDC). The summer school will teach the theory and practice of theory-based impact evaluations and related state-of-the-art quantitati...