TITLE

Editor's Introduction: Poverty in Ukraine and the Economic Crisis

AUTHOR(S)
Slay, Ben
PUB. DATE
December 2008
SOURCE
Problems of Economic Transition;Dec2008, Vol. 51 Issue 8, p3
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article discusses various reports published within the issue including one by Valerii Novykov and Pavlo Levin on the practical problems facing Ukraine's social insurance and social protection systems, and another one by L.G. Tkachenko on the wage policies in Ukraine.
ACCESSION #
38022567

Tags: SOCIAL security

 

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