Abstract
This document is one of a series of country profiles on national social protection mechanisms which the ILO Central and Eastern European Team has published.
These country profiles are designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the social protection mechanisms of the countries of the region, ranging from social security schemes such as pensions, sickness and maternity benefits, employment injury and unemployment benefits, to health care, family benefits and social assistance. The profiles are intended to cover all statutory social protection benefits, but they do not seek to provide in-depth descriptions of social services, or non-statutory and indirect benefits provided on the basis of private initiative or by the state. These types of benefit are generally too heterogeneous to be described within the constraints of comparative technical papers.
The profiles limit themselves to a presentation of basic facts and the underlying structure of the national system. Although there is always an element of subjective interpretation, as far as possible the authors refrain from comments, judgements and advice. The profiles should serve as an information base and a starting point for the technical work of planners, managers and researchers in the field of social security. They do not set out to solve technical or policy problems within national social protection systems; they are intended as a service for both national and international users. By trying to piece together all the information available on national social protection systems, the authors hope to improve the understanding of such systems and encourage policy-makers and planners to examine the complex web of interactions between specific social protection subsystems in the course of their efforts to reform their national social protection system.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Social Protection in the Czech Republic
General Demographic, Economic and Social Background
The Social Protection System
Conclusion
Social Protection in Hungary
General Demographic, Economic and Social Background
The Social Protection System
Conclusion
Social Protection in Poland
General Demographic, Economic and Social Background
The Social Protection System
Conclusion
Social Protection in Slovakia
General Demographic, Economic and Social Background
The Social Protection System
Conclusion
Statistical Appendicies
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