Social expenditure in Poland appears to increase regional employment disparities. In particular, the farmers' social fund (KRUS) seems to contribute to the rising regional dispersion in the number of recipients of social transfers. This is the result of KRUS benefits being poorly related to...

This publication presents the first broad international comparison across all EU and OECD countries of the outcomes for immigrants and their children. It is the fruit of a joint co-operation between the European Commission (DG Migration and Home Affairs) and the OECD’s International Migration...

There is a growing realisation of the importance of strenghthening the preventive, developmental, promotive, transformative, integrative and re-integrative context of social protection in sub-saharan Africa - through ensuring that poor and vulnerable people are linked to labour market and...