Poverty and Social Exclusion: Solving Complex Issues through Comprehensive Approaches
Description:
Poverty and social exclusion continue to be a universal problem. Recognition of our failure as a society to adequately address these challenges is leading many governments to adopt comprehensive strategies with timelines and targets aimed at reducing poverty and social exclusion.
Increasingly governments across Canada are also seriously considering the broader impact of social exclusion. The concept of ‘social exclusion’ is relatively new in Canadian policy discourse but it has been used in Europe for some time. Its origins are political rather than academic, tracing back to France where it was first used by the government in 1974 to draw attention to the failure of the French economy to address poverty and inequality.
Type of Resource:
Report
Publication #:
(Sept.08)
Publication Date:
2008
Location:
Manitoba, Canada