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Total net social spending in terms of percent of GDP, takes into account public and private social expenditure, and also includes the effect of direct taxes (income tax and social security contributions), indirect taxation of consumption on cash benefits, as well as tax breaks for social purposes.
Welfare spending. Welfare spending is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. [1] Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, [a] or refer specifically to social insurance programs which provide support only to those who have previously contributed ...
The Social Progress Index (SPI) measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens. Fifty-four indicators in the areas of basic human needs, foundations of well-being, and opportunity to progress show the relative performance of nations. The index is published by the nonprofit Social Progress ...
List of countries by total health expenditure by type of financing. This is a list of OECD nations, and a few other nations tracked by the OECD iLibrary, and their health expenditure by type of financing.[2] Public health expenditure consists of recurrent and capital spending from government (central and local) budgets, external borrowings and ...
Welfare's effect on poverty. The effects of social welfare on poverty have been the subject of various studies. [1] Studies have shown that in welfare states, poverty decreases after countries adopt welfare programs. [2] Empirical evidence suggests that taxes and transfers considerably reduce poverty in most countries whose welfare states ...
List of countries by government budget per capita. This list shows the government budget of each country divided by its total population, not adjusted to purchasing power parity. It is based on data from the 2018 CIA World Factbook. [1][2] The Chinese, Brazilian, Indian, and United States government budgets used are the figures reported by the ...
In contrast, the second group of countries, which we call non-welfare states, has welfare-effort indices that range from 37 to 88. Within this second group, social spending per capita averaged $96.6, while social spending as a percentage of GDP and as a percentage of the budget averaged 5.2 and 34.7 percent, respectively.
Social protection in France. Welfare in France (also known as social protection, from French: Protection sociale) includes all systems whose purpose is to protect people against the financial consequences of social risks (illness, maternity, old age, unemployment). Social welfare refers to all the mechanisms of collective foresight, enabling ...