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EAPN
The European Anti-Poverty Network
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NEW! Updated EXPLAINER on Poverty and Inequality in the EU

EAPN Books2014-poverty-explainer-6th-update-COVER

EAPN Explainers tackle key issues and debates, which are also priorities within the EU poverty discourse, in understandable, everyday language. They are aimed primarily at people working in civil-society organisations, but also at anybody who is concerned with how to make progress on reducing poverty and social exclusion in the EU.

This explainer, firstly published in 2007 and updated in 2009 as part of EAPN’s build-up campaign around the 2010 European Year Combating Poverty, was the first of a series of explainers aiming at making poverty more visible, understood and acted on. This version (2014) provides an update, incorporating the latest EU SILC data, and the new EU policy context, namely the Europe 2020 Strategy.

The booklet is equally intended as a tool for other civil society organisations, trade unions, academics, the media and other stakeholders, including public opinion, to understand the causes and the impact of poverty, social exclusion and inequalities for those directly experiencing them and also for society as a whole.

Poverty in the European Union is a very real problem which brings misery to the lives of many people, curtails their fundamental rights, limits the opportunities they have to achieve their full potential, brings high costs to society and hampers sustainable economic growth.

This explainer was drafted by Claire Champeix (EAPN Secretariat, Brussels) with support from Sian Jones (EAPN Secretariat) and the EAPN EU Inclusion Strategies Group. It is an update of the explainer on Poverty and Inequality in the EU produced by EAPN in 2009. The original explainer was the result of a fruitful collaboration between Hugh Frazer and the EAPN Social Inclusion Review Group.

Open the explainer here.

The Other Explainers

EAPN has already issued a series of 5 explainers:

  • Poverty and Inequality in the EU (2009)
  • Adequacy of Minimum Income in the EU (2010)
  • Wealth, Inequality and Social Polarisation in the EU (2011)
  • Towards Children’s Well-being in Europe –Explainer on Child Poverty in the EU (2013), jointly with Eurochild.
  • Quality of Work and Employment in the EU (2014)

All EAPN’s publications are available on EAPN’s website www.eapn.eu.

 

September 15, 2014
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  • Who we are
    • What is EAPN?
    • Our members
    • Our structure
      • EAPN Europe Staff
      • Governing bodies
        • General Assembly (GA)
        • Executive Committee
        • Bureau
      • EU Inclusion Strategies Group
    • The way we are funded
    • Get involved
    • Contact us
  • What we do
    • How we work
    • Policy areas we focus on
      • Poverty & Fundamental Rights
      • Wealth & Inequalities
      • Employment
      • Access to Public Services
      • EU Funds
      • Participation of people experiencing poverty
      • Europe 2020 Strategy
      • The Future of Europe
    • Projects
    • Network Development
    • Campaigns & Alliances
      • Campaigns
      • Alliances & Structured dialogue
  • News & Publications
    • Press Room
      • EAPN Press releases
      • EAPN Clippings
      • National Networks Clippings
    • News
      • EAPN News
      • EAPN National Networks News
      • EU Institutions News
    • Publications
      • EAPN key documents
      • EAPN Position Papers & Reports
      • EAPN Policy toolkits & Briefings
      • EAPN Letters
      • EAPN Books
    • Upcoming Events
    • EAPN Photos & Videos
    • EU jargon explained
  • What is poverty ?
    • Introduction
    • Poverty : what is it?
    • How is poverty measured?
    • Facts & Trends
    • Inequality : what is it?
    • Causes of poverty and inequality
    • Sources of information
    • Voices from the ground
  • Members’ Room
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