2021
DOI: 10.1111/spol.12704
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Social policy in the face of a global pandemic: Policy responses to the COVID‐19 crisis in Central and Eastern Europe

Abstract: This article documents and compares the social policies that the governments in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) implemented to combat the first wave of COVID‐19 pandemic by focusing on Hungary, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia. Our findings show that governments in all four countries reacted to the COVID‐19 crisis by providing extensive protection for jobs and enterprises. Differences arise when it comes to solidaristic policy responses to care for the most vulnerable population, in which CEE countries show gre… Show more

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“…Disparities among vulnerable populations including ethnic groups, low-income earners, those living in poverty and women have been demonstrated in this review. Addressing such disparities requires a collaborative approach, one that initiates widespread changes in social and health policy (Aidukaite et al, 2021). COVID-19 is not the great equalizer; however, COVID-19 has renewed the need to tackle the inequalities created by the social determinants of health.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Disparities among vulnerable populations including ethnic groups, low-income earners, those living in poverty and women have been demonstrated in this review. Addressing such disparities requires a collaborative approach, one that initiates widespread changes in social and health policy (Aidukaite et al, 2021). COVID-19 is not the great equalizer; however, COVID-19 has renewed the need to tackle the inequalities created by the social determinants of health.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Augusztustól kezdődött a második hullám, amikor már jóval több beteget azonosítottak, többségében fiatalokat, akikre a betegség kevésbé veszélyes, ezért a második hullámban a halálozási arány sokkal alacsonyabb volt, mint az elsőben. Az előző hullám tapasztalatai mentén, főként a gazdaság védelme miatt, lényegesen későbbi lezárások történtek (Aidukaite et al, 2021). A cikk írásakor már a járvány harmadik hullámban vagyunk, a védekezés is új fázisába lépett, a halálozások számát (egymillió főre vetítve) illetően pedig a világ legrosszabb értékeivel rendelkező országai közé sodródtunk.…”
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“…The COVID-19 crisis has generated extensive social policy measures by public authorities targeting both the population and companies with an impact on financial inclusion. Thus, social assistance payments for populations have generated the opening of accounts in the conditions of minimal or zero physical contact but which takes into account the rules against money laundering and terrorism [11][12][13][14]. So, the pandemic period reiterated the need for a wide expansion and digitalization of financial inclusion, including for the traditionally conservative or with limited access population-from rural areas, day laborers, the elderly, people from poor households, etc.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The COVID-19 crisis has generated a rapid implementation of financial products and services used as social protection measures for the population. However, the rapid expansion of online payments and shopping is marked by fears about cyberattacks and the use of financial products to launder money and finance terrorism [6,8,9,[12][13][14].…”
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confidence: 99%