Alleviating poverty: issues and options

Authors

  • Jonathan Boston

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v13i3.4679

Keywords:

Social Security Act, comprehensive welfare state, trends in poverty rates in New Zealand, child poverty, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, material deprivation rates, income-based poverty measures, Child Hardship Package, Working for Families

Abstract

New Zealand was among the first countries in the world to implement a relatively comprehensive welfare state. But almost 80 years after the passage of the Social Security Act in 1938, serious social problems persist, not least significant levels of poverty – especially child poverty – and income inequality. In recent years, such problems have attracted growing public concern, as reflected in opinion polls and political debate.

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Published

2017-08-01