Perspectives on poverty in Europe
Jenkins, S. P.
(2018).
Perspectives on poverty in Europe.
(Social Policy Working Paper Series 03-18).
The London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Social Policy.
(2018).
Perspectives on poverty in Europe.
(Social Policy Working Paper Series 03-18).
The London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Social Policy.
I address four topics: how our capacities to monitor poverty in Europe have improved substantially over recent decades; how progress on EU poverty reduction has been disappointing and why this has been; conceptual and measurement issues; and the future direction of EU-level anti-poverty actions. I follow in the footsteps of a giant – my perspectives are essentially elaborations of points made by Tony Atkinson