Author : Gillian Paull
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1451924100
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (519 download)
Book Synopsis Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Net Schemes for Economies in Transition by : Gillian Paull
Download or read book Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Net Schemes for Economies in Transition written by Gillian Paull and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the current Polish economic restructuring program, this paper attempts to develop a general income support scheme that could serve as a model to alleviate poverty in developed economies in the transitional phase. The proposed scheme has the advantage that no part of the poor population is omitted from eligibility for support sufficient to remove them from poverty. The concept of the simplified model is protection against poverty through income maintenance that is conditional upon fulfillment of forward-looking requirements such as workfare, training or job search. Further, the scheme considers methods whereby limited national resources can be managed by official policies that combine into a coherent, cost-effective package, an optimal mix of income guarantee levels and incentive effects.