Poverty and social assistance in transition countries /
[Book]
Jeanine Braithwaite, Christiaan Grootaert, Branko Milanovic.
1st ed.
New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2000.
xi, 188 pages :
illustrations ;
22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This study examines poverty and social assistance in six countries - Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Russia, and Kyrgyz Republic - comparing the poverty profiles and the correlates of poverty between the two regions. The study finds that the profile of poverty is more sharply defined in Eastern Europe than in the former Soviet Union, where poverty is more widespread. This holds the potential for better targeting of social assistance in Eastern Europe, and the study proposes a novel two-step approach to identify the poor."--Jacket.