Statement
UNICEF welcomes the initiative of the Government to further increase child benefits for the most vulnerable children
TBILISI, Georgia,, 18 April, 2022., UNICEF welcomes the initiative of the Government to address the needs of the most vulnerable children in Georgia and to further increase child benefits from GEL100 to GEL150. “The Government decision to increase the child benefit is an important step towards decreasing child ...
Report
Georgia social protection system readiness assessment
The current assessment conducted in Georgia had the following overarching objectives: 1. Assess the general political, technical, operational and financial feasibility, or “readiness”, of Georgia’s social protection system to provide cash assistance during emergencies to people affected by shocks and disasters. ...
Press release
Cash Transfers Are Helpful in Alleviating Poverty: UNICEF’s Microsimulation Model for Estimating the Impact of COVID-19 on Poverty in Georgia Finds
TBILISI, Georgia, 21 August 2020., Various scenarios of reduction in household incomes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are estimated to lead to different levels of increases in poverty. However, UNICEF’s report on Estimating the Impact of COVID-19 on Population and Child Poverty, presented today, finds that cash t...
Report
Estimating the impact of COVID-19 on child poverty in Georgia using a micr-simulation model
This report was prepared for the UNICEF Georgia Country Office Social Policy Unit under the project titled: “UNICEF Georgia: Assessment of the Potential Impact of COVID19 on the Most Vulnerable Groups, with a Special Focus on Children” commissioned under LTA 42106114. The analysis and writing for the report were ...
Press release
UNICEF reaching out to the most vulnerable communities hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia
TBILISI, 10 April 2020 –, UNICEF rushed to deliver essential hygiene and food items for Roma families living in Gachiani and the nearby villages of Vakhtangisi and Tetritskaro, in an outreach initiative led by the Georgia’s Prime-Minister’s Office and the State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality in par...
Press release
UNICEF statement on child poverty data in Georgia
TBILISI, Georgia, 4 February,, 201, 9., The Welfare Monitoring Study (WMS) is a nationally representative biennial panel survey carried out by UNICEF Georgia since 2009. The survey is used to measure major socio-economic indicators, education and healthcare, child welfare, social protection, etc. The recommendati...
Flagship report
2018 Georgia MICS (Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey)
On November 30th, 2019 National Statistics Office of Georgia, UNICEF Georgia and the National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health launch the results of the 2018-2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). Developed and supported by UNICEF, MICS is one of the largest international household survey progr...
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A detailed analysis of targeted social assistance and child poverty
In Georgia, the government’s primary mechanism for supporting poor families is the Targeted Social Assistance (TSA) programme which provides cash transfers and some in-kind benefits. As of October 2018, 121,345 households or approximately, 11.2 per cent of population were receiving TSA cash benefits. However, the ...
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Welfare Monitoring Survey 2017
This report presents a summary of the results of the Welfare Monitoring Survey (WMS) conducted from July to August 2017. The WMS 2017 is the fifth report in a series that commenced in 2009. It is part of a concerted effort by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to provide relevant information for monitoring the welfare status of the children and their families in Georgia. WMS is a biennial longitudinal survey covering all government-contr...
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Reaching Vulnerable Children in Georgia
Living on the street severely impacts children. Children on the streets have no access to education or appropriate health services. Often they are unregistered and subject to various kinds of violence. Instability and inappropriate living conditions make these children among the most vulnerable groups of society. ...
Report
The well-being of Children and Their Families in Georgia
This report is based on the fourth round of the Welfare Monitoring Survey (WMS). WMS is a biennial longitudinal household survey covering all the government-controlled regions of Georgia. The results for the 2015 round are nationally representave, with 4,533 households having completed the questionnaire. The study examines the prevalence and distribution of issues such as consumption poverty, material deprivation, subjective poverty and social ex...
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The Welfare Monitoring Survey
This condensed report is based on data derived from the fourth round of the Welfare Monitoring Survey (WMS). WMS is a biennial longitudinal household survey cov- ering all the government-controlled regions of Georgia. The results for the 2015 round are nationally representa- tive, with 4,533 households having completed the ques- tionnaire. The study examines the prevalence and distri- bution of issues such as consumption poverty, material depriva...