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Thanks for posting this. Britain is ranked 6th worst out of 26 countries for risk of being in poverty. David Fryer wrote: > FYI > David > > *From:* [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf > Of *Serdar M. Degirmencioglu > *Sent:* 31 October 2008 06:12 > *To:* ENCP yahoogroup > *Subject:* [ENCP] Fwd: FYI: Policy Brief "Poverty Across Europe: The > Latest Evidence Using the EU-SILC Dataset" > > New Policy Brief by Orsolya Lelkes and Eszter Zólyomi, European Centre > for Social Welfare Policy and Research Vienna > > "Poverty Across Europe: The Latest Evidence Using the EU-SILC Dataset" > > Abstract: > The rate of poverty varies between 10% and 23% in the countries of the > European Union. Low levels of poverty characterize the Scandinavian > countries, the so-called Corporatist countries (Austria, Germany), and > the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia among the former Socialist > countries. In contrast, the risk of poverty tends to be relatively > high in the Mediterranean and the Baltic states. This Policy Brief > discusses the sensitivity of these estimates to the measures used and > explores the underlying patterns across the vulnerable groups and the > likely causes of poverty in these countries. > > The results presented are part of a long-term research project > completed within the European Observatory on the social situation, > financed by the European Commission. > > > More: http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=1372 > > > Please feel free to forward the Policy Brief to people who might be > interested. > If you are interested in information about our work you may consider > subscribing our Newsletter/Policy Briefs via our homepage, left > column, http://www.euro.centre.org/index.php > > > > Best regards, > > Annette Hexelschneider, Dipl.-Ing. > Head of Knowledge and Information Management Support Unit > European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research Berggasse 17 > A-1090 Vienna (Austria) > Tel: +43-1-319 45 05-23 > Fax: +43-1-319 45 05-19 [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.euro.centre.org > <http://www.euro.centre.org/> http://www.euro.centre.org/hexelschneider > > __._,_.___ Web Bug from > http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97476590/grpId=13737558/grpspId=1708364122/msgId=224/stime=1225433533 > > > Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional > Change settings via the Web > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ENCP/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJnaTJhMGpoBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzEzNzM3NTU4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwODM2NDEyMgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNzdG5ncwRzdGltZQMxMjI1NDMzNTMz> > (Yahoo! ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest > <mailto:[log in to unmask]:%20Digest> > | Switch to Fully Featured > <mailto:[log in to unmask]:%20Fully%20Featured> > > Visit Your Group > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ENCP;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZWgydWp1BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzEzNzM3NTU4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwODM2NDEyMgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNocGYEc3RpbWUDMTIyNTQzMzUzMw-->| > Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>| > Unsubscribe <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > __,_._,___ > Academic Excellence at the Heart of Scotland. > The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number > SC 011159. > ___________________________________ COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion > list for community psychology in the UK. To unsubscribe or to change > your details visit the website: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK For any > problems or queries, contact the list moderators: Rebekah Pratt > ([log in to unmask]) or Grant Jeffrey ([log in to unmask]) ___________________________________ COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion list for community psychology in the UK. To unsubscribe or to change your details visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK For any problems or queries, contact the list moderators: Rebekah Pratt ([log in to unmask]) or Grant Jeffrey ([log in to unmask])