Greece: Reform of Social Welfare Programmes

This review provides an analytical perspective of the current situation, including the construction of a database, in order to help the Greek government define reforms to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and fairness of selected social programmes. The review identifies gaps and overlaps in soci...

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Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2013
Series:OECD Public Governance Reviews
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505 0 |a Overview of social welfare and related reforms in Greece in the last 20 years -- Towards more effective system governance in Greece -- Reader's guide -- Key features of the OECD Database on Social Programmes in Greece -- Executive summary -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- The current Greek benefit system -- Note to readers -- Design and implementation of means testing for social protection -- Update of key recent developments in social welfare reforms in Greece -- Towards more effective benefit system design in Greece -- Cost-benefit analysis of proposed reforms to the Greek social welfare system -- Key findings -- Economic, social and systemic context of social welfare reforms in Greece -- Foreword and Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Government expenditure in Greece in 2010 
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520 |a This review provides an analytical perspective of the current situation, including the construction of a database, in order to help the Greek government define reforms to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and fairness of selected social programmes. The review identifies gaps and overlaps in social protection, and highlights areas where there is room for significant efficiency gains, in order to support informed and concrete decisions by the Greek government on where budgetary savings can most appropriately be made, taking into account the balance between societal groups and the need to maintain social cohesion