Comprehensive Social Policies on Inequality and Social Protection Policies in Albania
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Inequality, Social Policies, GINI Index, Systems, Social GroupsAbstract
Social inclusion is about measures that enable individuals and groups to have that access to
public services in order to participate to the highest degree of their abilities in the social, economic and
political life of our society. Social protection systems since the beginning have had a great impact on the
improvement of social and economic conditions in European countries. The creation of welfare systems
has influenced the redistribution of income and the reduction of the level of inequality. The paper aims to
demonstrate the effect of social policies in reducing inequality through a comparative analysis on the
progress of inequality levels in Europe based on EU-SILC cross-sectoral data. Albania has identified its
active participation in the European Process of Social Inclusion. The paper provides recommendations on
methodologies and indicators of inequality in Albania.
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