Social spending relative to GDP is lower than in any OECD country except Korea and Mexico. Some increase in spending has been foreseen for the near future, but several planned reforms were postponed or cancelled in 2009 in order to give budgetary room for supporting the rising numbers of ...
The new indicators and targets may promote greater influence of the European Union in the creation of social policy at national level. At the same time, there is a need to support candidate countries where there are gaps in statistical data for evidence-based policies, a lack of strategic ...
The food, fuel, and financial crises showed policymakers in low-income countries and fragile situations the value of having well-designed social protection... C Andrews - 《Social Protection & Labor Policy & Technical Notes》 被引量: 24发表: 2012年 Enterprise Social Media: Challenges and Opportun...
Millar, J. 1990 , ‘ Lone parent families in the UK: Policy choices and constraints ’, in Sole Parents and Public Policy, Proceedings of a Conference held in Sydney, 20 August 1990 , ed. P. Whiteford, Social Policy Research Centre. University of New South Wales.Bradshaw, J./ Millar, ...
Whether the decision will be of their free will or compelled by some other external factors is generally determined by the unique social, political, environmental, and security context of the concerned person or group of persons20. It is not a linear decision but a complex outcome interrelated ...
the Ian Wakins case) with the policing of sexual offenders. This has resulted in increased policy concern with sex offenders, and practice developments at both the individual practice level and in multi-agency working (see Kemshall and Wood, 2009). Community supervision and management of sex offe...
Social Policy for Poverty Reduction in Lower-income Countries in Latin America: Lessons and Challengesdoi:10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00671.xPovertyHuman developmentLatin AmericaThis article provides a comparative study of income transfer programmes recently introduced in lower-income countries in Central and...
Thus, the state bureaucracy operates below expectation especially in its role in public policy formulation and implementation. This paper highlights the challenges of the state bureaucracy in policy- formulation and implementation in Nigeria. The study also offers suggestions for repositioning the system ...
The short-term shock of COVID-19 increases pressure on the Chinese job market, but opportunities often go hand in hand with challenges. A long-term employment policy is key to get out of the current difficulty. For instance, the outbreak has forced workers to stay at home, which ended up...
This paper argues that, despite Korea's impressive recovery from the 1997 crisis, now is not the time to reduce the momentum of labour market and social policy reforms. The country is still facing major challenges: (i) to adapt its industrial relations system; (ii) a high incidence of prec...