The social safety net during economic transition : the case of Poland (English)

The economic transformation process, by its very nature, creates forces which require a major reshaping of the social safety net: (a) it creates new problems, notably unemployment and poverty, which require an expansion of the existing system of income transfers; (b) it leads to a short-run decline in output, and hence to a period of fiscal stringency, stressing the need for cost savings; and (c) it widens the distribution of earnings. Under the old...

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Barr,Nicholas;
Document Date
1992/01/31
Document Type
Internal Discussion Paper
Report Number
IDP106
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Poland,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2020/06/14
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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The social safety net during economic transition : the case of Poland
Keywords
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Barr,Nicholas.

The social safety net during economic transition : the case of Poland (English). Internal discussion paper|no. IDP 106. Europe and Central Asia region Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/282741468915272301

The social safety net during economic transition : the case of Poland (English)

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