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Poverty and social transfers in Poland
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995How well did Poland's system of social transfers help alleviate poverty in 1993, and what changes in the allocation of social transfer funds would improve the distribution of income?Since January 1990, Poland's social safety net has changed greatly. Unemployment benefits were introduced, for example, because of escalating unemployment (about 15 percent of the labor force at the end of 1993).DocumentSocial safety net and the poor during the transition : the case of Bulgaria
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995Bulgaria's social safety net is not well targeted; too many benefits accrue to better off households rather than to the poor.DocumentThe dynamics of poverty : why some people escape from poverty and others don't : an African case study
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995In urban areas of Cote d'Ivoire, human capital is the endowment that best explains welfare changes over time. In rural areas, physical capital especially the amount of land and farm equipment owned matters most.Empirical investigations of poverty in developing countries tend to focus on the incidence of poverty at a particular point in time.DocumentHow can China provide income security for its rapidly aging population? / Barry Friedman ... [et al.]
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996If China implements a partially funded multipillar pension system, that reform must go hand in hand with reform of the financial sector and restructured investment procedures that emphasize the "right" mix of competition, diversification, and regulation.DocumentPoverty and Social Transfers in Hungary
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999Hungary's social safety net could be improved to better target benefits to the poor. Among the possibilities for reform: abolish the child care allowance and fee, institute new child care benefits, and improve means testing for social assistance.DocumentDeclaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Summit of the Americas)
Center for Hemispheric Policy, 1999DocumentWorld Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children
United Nations Children's Fund, 1999DocumentHealthy cities, healthy children
The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 1999Economic development has brought comfort and convenience to many people in the industrialized world, but in its wake are pollution, new health problems, blighted urban landscapes and social isolation. Growing numbers of the dispossessed are also being left on the sidelines as the disparity between rich and poor grows.DocumentNo age of innocence: Justice for children
The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 1999Whether due to government paternalism or to simple disregard for their rights, juveniles who come into conflict with the law often face justice systems that treat them capriciously and offer fewer protections than they offer adults. Children in many countries face the wrath of the law for the ‘crimes’ of being poor, neglected or abused.