Poverty and Social Assistance in Transition Countries

Na Na (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

188 Seiten

2000 | 1999 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-312-22436-3 (ISBN)

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Declining incomes and growing income inequality have led to a rise in poverty in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. This study examines poverty and social assistance in six countries - Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Russia, and Kyrgyz Republic - to compare the poverty profiles and the correlates of poverty between the two regions. The study finds that the profile of poverty is more sharply defined in Eastern Europe than in the former Soviet Union, where poverty is more widespread. This holds the potential for better targeting of social assistance in Eastern Europe, and the study proposes a novel two-step approach to identify the poor.

Jeanine Braithwaite is Economist in the Europe and Central Asia Department. Christiaan Grootaert is Senior Economist in the Social Development Department. Branko Milanovic is Principal Economist in the Development Economics Research Group; all are at the World Bank.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.3.2000
Zusatzinfo	XI, 188 p.
Verlagsort	Gordonsville
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-312-22436-2 / 0312224362
ISBN-13	978-0-312-22436-3 / 9780312224363
Zustand	Neuware