Open AccessAlleviating poverty: issues and options
Author(s) -
Jonathan Boston
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v13i3.4679
Subject(s) - poverty , development economics , politics , public opinion , welfare state , state (computer science) , social security , political science , welfare , culture of poverty , inequality , economic inequality , economic growth , social issues , basic needs , economics , law , mathematical analysis , mathematics , algorithm , computer science
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.