ZAGREB, Oct 17 (Hina) - Poverty is a global problem affecting 23 percent of the world' population, Labour and Welfare Minister Davorko Vidovic said on Thursday on the occasion of international poverty and social exclusiveness
day.
ZAGREB, Oct 17 (Hina) - Poverty is a global problem affecting 23
percent of the world' population, Labour and Welfare Minister
Davorko Vidovic said on Thursday on the occasion of international
poverty and social exclusiveness day. #L#
Vidovic recalled that according to UN data, a fifth of the world's
population survived on a little more than one dollar daily.
To combat poverty in Croatia, the government has adopted a special
programme envisaging a series of measures from the fields of labour
legislation, the labour and employment policy, the pension system,
health care, housing, welfare, etc, the minister said.
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