Central Europe gropes for ways to deal with bad demographics
June 5, 2016: Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, here seen at a Children’s Day picnic in Warsaw, made cash grants the centerpiece of her government’s family policy (source: dpa)
General info
What's inside
- Demographic downturn in next three decades will strain finances of CEE countries
- Poland has launched most audacious program of pro-family cash grants
- Fiscal transfers may actually worsen problem by shrinking labor pool
Who will benefit?
- Report is targeted to the decision makers in cross country manufacturing – suppliers, manufacturers, logistics.
- Also considered useful for the administrative university facilities, to better understand the possibe effects of current decisions.
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