Targeting Social Benefits: International Perspectives and Trends

by Neil Gilbert

Book Overview

Over the last decade, changing family life and increasing fiscal constraints on welfare expenditures have forced industrialized nations to reconsider how they approach social protection. Faced with fiscal and demographic changes, many countries have been struggling to develop innovative policy responses. Some involve targeting benefits in order to shrink existing program commitments, to focus welfare expenditures on those most in need,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765806258
• ISBN13: 9780765806253
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"