Besides affecting the private sector, the current global economic downturn will likely have a far-reaching impact on government revenues around the world. As country budgets are squeezed tight, social programs which directly help poor and vulnerable people will become pressure points for reducing government spending. In many countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA), two years of rising food prices, high energy costs and the global economic...
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Social protection responses to the global economic crisis in ECA
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cohorts of woman
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Lindert,Kathy A.; Schwarz,Anita M..
Social protection responses to the global economic crisis in ECA (English). Europe and Central Asia knowledge brief ; volume no. 1 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/792761468029954912