The global financial crisis and public service delivery in the former Soviet Union

CASE has been selected to carry out a 12 month study to asses the impact of the global financial crisis on public service delivery in former Soviet Union economies.  CASE experts will analyze the immediate impact of the global financial crisis on two key sectors of public services (education and healthcare) focusing on six economies: Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine.   The project will analyze within the above mentioned public service sectors: the size and dynamics of public financing, the intra-sector structure and crisis management in sectors.  CASE experts will measure the impact the financial crisis has had on the quality and reliability of public services and analyze policy measures undertaken by governments to mitigate the crisis impact.  Policy conclusions and recommendations derived from the study will enable national policy-makers and international institutions supporting reforms of public finance management, to improve the targeting of limited public resources both between and within individual sectors. “The impact of the global financial crisis on public service delivery in the economies of Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine” study will be implemented by a CASE team led by CASE-Kyrgyzstan Executive Director and CASE Fellow Roman Mogilevsky and financed by the Open Society Institute Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative