Why is it so hard to reach the EU’s ‘poverty’ target?
"The ‘poverty’ target set by the European Commission aims to lift “over 20 million people out of poverty” between 2008 and 2020 in the EU27. Progress to date against this target has been disappointing. Why is it so hard to reach the Europe 2020 ‘poverty’ target? What does the poverty indicator...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Brussels
2017
Bruegel |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-768812458609-Why-is-it-so-hard-to-reach-the.htm |
| Summary: | "The ‘poverty’ target set by the European Commission aims to lift “over 20 million people out of poverty” between 2008 and 2020 in the EU27. Progress to date against this target has been disappointing. Why is it so hard to reach the Europe 2020 ‘poverty’ target? What does the poverty indicator actually measure?" |
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| Physical Description: | 24 p. Digital |