TY  - JOUR
TI  - Examining the functioning of public social assistance system: The case of Antalya
AB  - Social assistance had become a key policy tool worldwide in alleviating poverty and reducinghunger. However, many authors highlighted that implementing social assistance programs has beenfacing many obstacles. This research examined Turkey’s public social assistance system in thedistricts of Antalya. A face to face survey was conducted with 100 households functionally selectedfrom Konyaaltı town Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundation (SASF) beneficiary list, and 10administrators responsible for districts and municipalities’ social assistance and services. Descriptivestatistics were used to examine the perception of beneficiaries on the assistance system and varietiesof assistance programs they benefited from. Due to the findings it was seen that the municipalitiesmostly provide in-kind assistance and use different criteria for evaluating social assistanceapplications. However, it was seen that municipalities do not have a common system in monitoringsocial assistance. In addition, it was seen that foundations provide cash and in-kind assistance anduse a common criteria in evaluating the applications for social assistance within a commonmonitoring system. There is no common social assistance system where all public institutions areincluded, and all social assistance can be monitored country wide. Accordingly, “social assistanceand income ratio of the households can not be determined accurately. The same household mightreceive different assistance from various resources and their level of need for social assistance is notknown. Accordingly, the total value and amount of social assistance provided to beneficiaries cannotbe calculated accurately. In addition, there are various types of social assistance and their follow-upis difficult. Accordingly, it is required to simplify the types of social assistance and an integrated“social assistance monitoring system” including all public and other relevant institutions should bedeveloped country wide.
AU  - Abdoul-Azize, Hamidou Taffa
AU  - Sayın, Cengiz
DO  - 10.29136/mediterranean.631797
PY  - 2020
JO  - Mediterranean  Agricultural Sciences
VL  - 33
IS  - 1
SN  - 2528-9675
SP  - 73
EP  - 78
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/397684
ER  -