Reducing poverty remains an important challenge, and the COVID-19-crisis may further reinforce social vulnerabilities …. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across … particularly affected. A comprehensive approach is required to ensure an effective transition out of poverty and social exclusion …

Recognizing that social policy would need to play a critical role in Lithuania`s transition to a market economy …, substantial efforts have been made to identify the neediest segments of the population and to monitor poverty. However, the social …, where the state assumes responsibility from cradle to grave, appears inadequate in preventing poverty and need. Some policy …

The study identifies three groups of problems in the Lithuanian pension environment: fiscal problems, poverty of …, consisting of six points, that will alleviate the poverty problems, result in an efficient pension system, and can be implemented …

substantially different levels of vulnerability to poverty among population groups facing different risks. In the context of the … recent economic crisis in Lithuania, the lack of the counter-cyclical protection provided by the welfare state is apparent …