Poverty in Transition Economies (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hutton, Sandra; Redmond, Gerry

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134693498
• Artikelnr.: 42669293

Autorenporträt

Sandra Hutton, Gerry Redmond

Inhaltsangabe

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