UID:
almafu_9958074061902883
Format:
xvii, 68 pages :
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illustrations ;
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26 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-94036-0
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9786610940363
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0-8213-7160-6
Series Statement:
World Bank working paper ; no. 117
Content:
This study analyzes the performance of social assistance and family benefit programs in eight new member states of the European Union from the perspective of fiscal impact and effectiveness. It is based on household survey data for six of the countries, as well as budget data and information on program design collected at the national level. The paper finds that, although social assistance programs in the new member states are small in terms of coverage and expenditure levels (reaching 2 to 5 percent of the population), the programs are an important safety net for the poor. Programs are relati
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; List of Tables; 1. Introduction; List of Boxes; 2. The Context: Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU8; List of Figures; 3. Social Protection in the New Member States; 4. Performance and Effectiveness; 5. Design of Social Assistance Programs; 6. Making Work Pay: Work and Social Protection; 7. Conclusions; Appendixes; References
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-7159-2
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-7159-6
