COST-BENEFITANALYSISOFCHILDPROTECTIONPOLICIESINTAJIKISTAN.doc

UNICEF TAJIKISTAN AND GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN - NATIONAL COMMISSION OF CHILD RIGHTS COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF CHILD PROTECTION POLICIES IN TAJIKISTAN April, 2009 Maastricht Graduate School of Governance Maastricht University TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION 2. ALTERNATIVE SERVICES FOR A NEW SYSTEM OF CHILD PROTECTION 3. METHODOLOGY 4. DATA 5. POLICY SCENARIOS AND ASSUMPTIONS 6. COMPARING COSTS AND BENEFITS 7. IS THERE A ‘BEST’ POLICY ALTERNATIVE: OBJECTIVES AND ISSUES 8. CONCLUSION REFERENCES ANNEX 1: PROFILES OF ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS ANNEX 2: SUMMARY OF ASSUMPTIONS ANNEX 3: EXAMPLE OF COST ANALYSIS OF BOARDING SCHOOL ANNEX 4: COSTS OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS ANNEX 5: OVERVIEW OF SITE VISITSACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The present study was conducted jointly by the Government of Tajikistan (National Commission of Child Rights) and UNICEF Tajikistan, supported by a team of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (Maastricht University), The Netherlands: Franziska Gassmann, Team Leader, David Tobis, Consultant, and Patricia Huitrón and David G. Rodríguez, Research Fellows . To conduct this study, the team benefited greatly from the support provided by officials of the Government of Tajikistan, including the Deputy Chair of the National Commission on Child Rights (NCCR); staff from the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MoLSP), Ministry of Finance (MoF), Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Education (MoE) and from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ); authorities at the district level, specially from the departments of Education (DoE), Health (DoH), Labour and Social Protection (DoLSP), the Guardianship Commission (GC) and the Commission on Minors (CoM). In particular, the team of the MGSoG would like to thank the staff of the child care institutions in Rudaki and Isfara and the staff of the visited pilot projects in Isfara, Dushanbe, Jomi, Bokhtar and Firdavsi. We are also thankful for the fruitful dialogues held with member