Search Results - subject:"SOCIAL EXPENDITURES"

Current state, problems and priority areas of social policy in contemporary Russia

Alʹbekov, A. U.; Romanova, T. F.; Andreeva, O. V.; … - In: European research studies 21 (2018) 2, pp. 3-10

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The globalisation-welfare state nexus : evidence from Asia

Potrafke, Niklas - 2018

expenditures in Asia. Neither do the results suggest that the nexus between globalisation and social expenditures varied across … and have therefore more difficulties in increasing social expenditures. … is measured by the new KOF Globalisation Index. My results do not suggest that globalisation influenced social …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962190

Social policy and social spending in Zimbabwe : 1980 to 2015

Mate, Rekopantswe - 2018

This paper examines social policy in the first three decades of Zimbabwe's independence. The analysis provides answers to four sets of questions: What is the historical background of social policies in Zimbabwe and how has social spending evolved over time? What are the key institutions...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012020406

The Impact of the Great Recession on Social Spending in Romania

Titan, Emilia - 2018

The paper attempts to do a comprehensive analysis on how spending patterns were affected by the most severe economic crisis since the oil shocks in the 70's. We have attempted to see which services have been significantly affected by the crisis, and whether social spending has risen and managed...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012931245

Financing Social Protection in Tanzania

Abels, Miglena; Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan; Mohammed, Muderis … - 2018

This note assesses whether social protection programs are adequately financed in mainland Tanzania. We find that social protection programs are an important component of Government expenditures, and complements other Government social spending, including education and health spending. In recent...

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A public expenditure review of social protection programs in the Philippines

Diokno-Sicat, Charlotte Justine; Mariano, Ma. Alma P. - 2018

The main economic justification for government provision of social protection is to redistribute income to the poor, marginalized and vulnerable in society. In a developing country such as the Philippines, social protection has been a consistent priority of government. In the recent decade,...

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The distributional impact of taxes and social spending in Romania

Inchauste, Gabriela; Militaru, Eva - 2018

The combined effect of taxes and social spending in Romania helps to reduce inequality, although less so than in other European Union countries. However, the combination of direct and indirect taxes and transfers leads to an increase in poverty, as direct cash transfers to poor households are...

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Federal Spending on Social Assistance Programs in Brazil

World Bank Group - 2018

The development of Brazil's modern social safety net is quite recent, and social assistance programs claim a relatively small share of resources of the broader social sector. A key feature of the Brazilian social protection system is the duality between formal sector workers, who gained social...

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Social expenditures and poverty in Central and Eastern European Union countries : a causality analysis

Bayar, Yılmaz; Sasmaz, Mahmut Unsal - In: The impact of globalization on international finance …, (pp. 257-263). 2018

analysis. We found that there was no causal interaction between social expenditures and poverty in our sample. … to decrease the poverty and inequality in the world. This study examines the causal relationship between social … expenditures and poverty in selected Central and Eastern European Union countries during 2005-2014 period employing causality …

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Global aging and public finance

Fichtner, Jason J. - In: Business economics : the journal of the National … 53 (2018) 2, pp. 72-78

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