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 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312224362
• ISBN13: 9780312224363
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.6"