Pregledni rad
Battle Against Poverty in the World and in the Republic of Croatia
Predrag BEJAKOVIĆ
Sažetak
This paper discusses the historical development and the main
contemporary forms of income maintenance and insurance
against poverty, in other words, what is called social
protection or welfare. The first part of the paper is devoted to
a historical view of the forms of helping the poor from
medieval times to the modern system of welfare. The second
part of the paper deals with the issues concerning the data
about poverty, decisions on whom to help, the conventions
used to construct these figures and their limitations. Part
three is a review of the US welfare system, where Aid to
Families with Dependent Children and welfare reform are
explained. The fourth part of the work is devoted to the
origin of very extensive impoverishment at the beginning of
the nineties in countries in transition and to poverty in
Croatia in the recent past and today. The complex problems
of retirement and health insurance systems are not
addressed, for they require separate and comprehensive
analysis. In the last part, Instead of a conclusion, stress is
placed on the need to perfect strategies to implement and
make use of certain measures in the welfare system, and
upon the need to carry out research into the effectiveness of
the welfare system in Croatia.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
19903
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.12.2001.
Posjeta: 3.044 *