Audit office: Fewer people living in poverty in Hungary
Hungary’s State Audit Office (ASZ) on Friday called government policies aimed at lifting people out of poverty between 2010 and 2018 “successful”.
The state auditor said the expansion of employment was a primary reason for this success, adding that preserving and creating jobs would be a vital aspect of mitigating the social and economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic.
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In 2010, one third of the population in Hungary, or around 3 million people, lived below the poverty line, the state auditor said.
Between 2008 and 2017, this number fell by 908,000, well above the target of 450,000 included in the national strategy for 2020.
In 2011, the government, based on the poverty reduction objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy, drafted the national strategy for poverty reduction.
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Fully 18.9 percent of the population, or 1,813,000 people, were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2018, a reduction of 9.4 percentage points from the 2008 figure. This is above the Europe 2020 Strategy target of a decline of 5 percentage points, ASZ said.
ASZ endorsed the priority given to job-retention schemes in order to avoid a rise in the proportion of people living in relative poverty. The audit office also praised the government’s policies of providing financial support for families with children as well as phasing in the 13-month pension.
Source: MTI
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Interesting time in History we live.
What about going forward in time – Poverty numbers in Society, what will be it’s representation of a country’s population ?
Sadly, this novel coronavirus pandemic, will not see globally a decrease in number that live in poverty.
Winston. Spencer Churchill quote :
” The farther backward you can look,
the farther forward you can see.”
When there is a Vaccine discovered that immunizes human beings from this deadly virus, and the World reverts back to a base of normality, the challenge to Governments will be the increased poverty levels that exist within there Society.
Interesting and Challenging times we live and moving forward ,will not be any easier overall for a period of years to come, in a world that will be drastically changed, through this novel coronavirus.
Stay Well – ALL.