Hutton / Redmond Poverty in Transition Economies

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-134-69342-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition

This study addresses the experience of, and responses to poverty in a range of transition economies including Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovenia, Uzbekistan, Romania, Albania and Macedonia. It covers topics such as the definition of poverty lines and the measurement of poverty; the role of income-in-kind in supporting families; homelessness and destitution; housing; the design, targeting and administration of welfare; and personal responses to economic transition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hutton, Sandra

Redmond, Gerry

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Poverty in transition economies: an introduction to the issues

2. The Russian homeless: old problem - new agenda

3. Impoverishment and social exclusion in Russia

4.Social assistance in Uzbekistan: can the mahallas target state support on the most vulnerable?

5. Income, poverty and well-being in Central Asia

6. Poverty profiles and coping mechanisms in Ukraine

7. Poverty measurement and income support in Romania

8. Albania and Macedonia: transitions and poverty

9. Estimation of poverty lines based on Ravallion's method, application to the Republic of Macedonia

10. Income distribution and poverty in Slovenia

11. A comparison of poverty in the UK and Hungary

12. Child poverty: comparison of industrial and transition economies

13. Poverty and social policy in a period of political transition in Spain (1975 - 1995)

14. Targeting poverty benefits in Russia: reality-based alternatives to income-testing

15. Household budget and house conditions in two Russian cities

16. Coping in Central Europe