Poverty and Social Assistance in Transition Countries

by C Grootaert, B Milanovic, Jeanine Braithwaite

Book Overview

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 the Kyrgyz Republic - comparing 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349422886
• ISBN13: 9781349422883
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"