Poverty : what is it?

One of the problems with discussing poverty is clarifying what it means and how it can be defined. At the EU level, the notions of absolute and relative poverty are both used to describe poverty. Since 2010, the composite notion of Risk of Poverty or Social Exclusion, which brings together relative monetary poverty, material deprivation…

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How is poverty measured?

In the EU, people falling below 60% of median income are said to be “at-risk-of monetary poverty”. The At Risk Of Poverty or Social Exclusion (AROPE) Composite IndicatorThe At Risk Of Poverty or Social Exclusion (AROPE) Composite Indicator Living below the poverty line: the AROP indicator Social benefits drastically reduce poverty Measuring deprivation: the Severe…

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Inequality : what is it?

Poverty is fundamentally linked to the issue of how resources are distributed and redistributed in a country.  Countries with high levels of inequality are also likely to have high levels of poverty and those with lower levels of inequality are likely to have lower levels of poverty. Inequality: what is it? How it is measured?…

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Useful tools

Calendars of Meetings See Calendar of EAPN Meetings 2015 here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UEK3BtzoNsUw80iArbO-conMv0siQFlSoK2lua-JDrM/edit?usp=sharing_eid See Calendar of EAPN Meetings 2014 here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K0LBo4fOfKXaiXvmsSqyx7U7UYNLrT-wy-e4JRhnz1U/edit?usp=sharing Calendar of EAPN Meetings 2013 Calendar of EAPN Meetings 2012 Calendar of EAPN Meetings 2011 Calendar of EAPN Meetings 2010 Calendar of EAPN Meetings 2009 List of Conferences attended 2014 Strategic Plan, Work Programmes & Activity Reports to the…

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Employment

The key objectives of the Employment working group to facilitate exchange and mutual learning all over EU, regarding the interrelations between policies concerning employment and unemployment and the realities experienced by people in poverty and the projects and lobbying activities implemented by members at national / regional / local level. This valuable expertise also helps…

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