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The poverty line and subsistence minimum in Latvia
- Author:
- DOBELNIECE S.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(4), October 1994, pp.193-202.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
This article gives a picture of the difficulties of defining poverty and setting up a poverty line in a post-Communist country in the period of transition to democracy and a market economy. The ongoing processes are linked with the deterioration of living standards and wellbeing of the population. The government has attempted to protect the population socially, accepting a subsistence minimum and later a crisis subsistence minimum. It is difficult to argue that the activities of the government have been successful and helped much in improving the living standards of the population of Latvia.