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Poverty and Inequality in Eastern Europe and the CIS Transition Economies

Mihaly Simai

Working Papers from United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs

Abstract: This paper deals with the causes and consequences of inequality and poverty in the countries east of the new frontiers of the European Union, mainly with the CIS countries. Poverty and inequalities in the former socialist countries were partly mitigated by the social policies of the state. The transition processes, however, have resulted in new distributions of income and wealth. The new structural sources of poverty and inequalities have often been more extreme. Some CIS countries have moderated poverty, which nonetheless persists in most CIS countries, in spite of some economic improvements.

Keywords: transition; Central and Eastern Europe; CIS countries; transformation; poverty; inequality; social policy; health; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 I32 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2006-02
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