Naslov
Poverty in Croatia

Autori
Babić, Zdenko ; Baturina, Danijel

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Poor Europe. The Problem of Poverty in Chosen European Countries.

Urednik/ci
Grzegorz Libor, Dorota Nowalska-Kapuścik

Izdavač
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

Grad
Katovice

Godina
2015

Raspon stranica
59-87

ISBN
978-83-8012-580-3

Ključne riječi
poverty, poverty trends, poverty profiles, poverty alleviation

Sažetak
The article gives an overview of the poverty trends, profiles of the poor and ways of fighting poverty in Croatia. The first part focuses on demographic-social-spatial characteristics of poverty in Croatia. The text look at the researches about poverty in Croatia during the socialist period and in first years of Croatia independence. After that the article proceeds to show the risk of poverty rates since the start of the official measurement of poverty in 2001. In addition, the authors observe statistically data that give them an insight into the state of poverty by socio-demographic characteristics such as gender, age, education, size, and economic activity of the household. Also, they analyze previous research on subjective poverty, briefly describe the impact of the economic crisis and identify new potential groups in risk of poverty. In the second part of this paper, focus is on the measures and programs to combat poverty in Croatia, and also their hitherto effectiveness. Special attention was drawn to the development of strategic documents in the context related to poverty, impact of economic development and particularly looked at social transfers and other possible tools for combating poverty in Croatia. The conducted analysis provided an integrative view of poverty trends by different aspects and bring an insight in to (in)effectiveness of anti-poverty strategies and programs which are aimed at poverty alleviation in Croatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija, Sociologija, Socijalne djelatnosti

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