The financial crisis strongly affected the former Soviet Union (FSU) region in 2008-2009, during which it experienced either a recession or a considerable slowdown in growth. The crisis also adversely affected
government budget revenues, so governments had to adjust their expenditures to falling revenues. Under such conditions, public expenditures on education and health could have suffered unavoidable cuts. Whether or not this actually happened is the central question this project aims to answer.
CASE Network Reports No. 97 Public Expenditures on Education and Health in the Kyrgyz Republic before and during the Global Crisis by Roman Mogilevsky
CASE Network Reports No. 99 The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on
Education and Healthcare in the Economies of the Former Soviet Union - the Case of Moldova by Nina Cainarean, Eugenia Veverita and Petru Veverita
CASE Network Reports No. 101 Public Expenditures on Education and Health in Georgia before and during the Global Crisis by Maka Chitanava, Maya Grigolia and Lasha Labadze
CASE Network Reports No. 102 Public Expenditures on Education and Health in Belarus before and during the Global Crisis by Dmitrij Kruk and Gleb Shymanovich
CASE Network Reports No. 103 Public Expenditures on Education and Health in Russian Federation before and during the Global Crisis by Irina Sinitsina
CASE Network Reports No. 104 Public Expenditures on Education and Health in Ukraine before and during the Global Crisis by Oleksandra Betliy, Dmytro Boyarchuk and Irina Orlova
In addition to the six country reports, this paper provides a regional overview of common trends and country-specific factors influencing the general economic and fiscal situation and the performance of the education and health sectors in these countries. Where relevant and possible (from the point of view of data availability), this overview also covers some other FSU countries.
CASE Network Reports No. 100 The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Public Expenditures on Education and Health in the Economies of the Former Soviet Union by Alexander Chubrik, Marek Dabrowski, Roman
Mogilevsky and Irina Sinitsina.