Short to medium term donor support for free social services. If countries cannot finance free essential health and education services in the short to medium term, donor assistance should focus on budgetary support for the provision of these services. This may well mean greater coherence and rationalisation of technical assistance, rather than each donor providing their own consultants on similar issues. Reform policies need to be widely discussed rather than pushed through without adequate contextual analysis and public debate. Debt relief should be explored.
Many transition countries e.g. Kyrgyzstan are highly indebted and poor.
However, they have mostly been ignored by debt relief campaigns. Debt relief should urgently be explored as a mechanism for social services financing in poor transition economies. Save the Children is the UK's leading international charity dedicated to creating a better world for children. In all aspects of work, SC UK aims to make children's rights a reality. From budget crisis to sustained economic growth and welfare , UNDP, Bishkek.