Municipal aid to the poor
(WorldNews Politics)

Municipalities efficiently helped people living in poverty, but usually on an ad hoc basis and mainly the ones who asked for help themselves - the Supreme Audit Office established. NIK audited 21 social welfare centres in 7 provinces to check first of all if the measures taken by local authorities to curb poverty in their area were effective. According to NIK, from January 2017 to the middle of 2019, the measures mostly amounted to the benefit payment and food aid. In urgent cases, aid was provided before administrative decisions were made. It was thus effective aid in terms of satisfying basic life needs, although it was not properly planned to help the poor become independent. NIK also...