This report studies poverty and social exclusion in central and eastern Europe. The first part of the report describes the impact of social and economic policies on social exclusion of vulnerable groups and identifies types and degrees of social deprivation. The second study focuses on developing and evaluating regional statistical indicators of social deprivation and investigates the emergence of new forms of social exclusion. The report considers common characteristics that drive poverty and social exclusion, such as poor employment situation, adequacy and coverage of social protection system, demographic characteristics, family composition and age. It could become a useful tool to help policy-makers adjust the supply of social services to needs, and target support and social cohesion measures for vulnerable population groups.
I - Income poverty in central and eastern Europe (Péter Szivós)
1 Introduction
2 Country classification
3 Macro economic framework
4 Poverty on the social agenda
5 Poverty incidence
6 Poverty profile
7 Country examples ("The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Latvia, Hungary, Russian Federation)
8 Some facts about social benefit systems
Conclusions, references, list of tables
II - Multiple social disadvantages in central and eastern Europe
1 Background
2 Concepts, data and methods
3 Deprivation and social exclusion dimensions
4 Measuring social deprivation in selected regions
5 National studies ( The Baltic States, The Czech Republic, Hungary )
Conclusions, references, list of tables, list of figures
