Poverty Eradication in Economies in Transition - Focus on Poland
In Programme Outline for Actively Counteracting Poverty and Social Marginalization, Mieczysław Kabaj analyses the reasons for poverty in Poland and proposes a macroeconomic plan to address its eradication. This strong analytical document concludes that the main reason for impoverishment in Poland is unemployment and proposes an action plan that will lead to the creation of 2.5 million new jobs by 2010. The plan calls for investment inducing policies, use of unemployment funds to improve labour force skills and encourage entrepreneurship, policies that promote part-time and seasonal employment, reform of benefits system, etc.