Development of the Social Services System in the Kyrgyz Republic: Challenges and Ways of Optimization

Abstract

The article examines the development of the social services system in the Kyrgyz Republic, its current state, institutional limitations and areas of optimization. The relevance of the study is determined by the fact that, despite the legal framework, state programmes, electronic services and growing budget expenditures, territorial, staffing, organizational and information imbalances remain. The purpose of the article is to assess the key problems of the social services system and identify practical measures for its improvement. The methodology is based on the analysis of legal acts, official statistics, programme documents and materials of state bodies. The results show that demand for social services is large-scale, while service infrastructure remains uneven across territories. The article substantiates the need for a unified digital registry of needs, stronger district coordination, stable financing and the expansion of community-based, family-oriented and home-based forms of support.