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Introduction
Preconditions for shifting social protection in Estonia
Changing principles of social protection
Societal transitions challenges for social protection
New social problems
Employment trends and emerging unemployment 9
Poverty
Social exclusion
Shifts in institutional settings
Principal shift
Adjusted legislation
Current structure of social protection 18
Social protection expenditures
Transfers from the state budget
Social assistance
Basic principles
Structure of social assistance
Budget
Local governments as main providers of social assistance
The current system of local government
Local Authority Finance
Functions and expenditures of local governments
Subsistence Benefits in Focus
Regulations
Real provision
Budget
Recipients
Regional distribution
Duration of assistance period
Conclusion
Evaluation
Hardships and problems
Low resources compared to actual needs
Low interrelatedness of different social protection schemes
Inadequate targeting of benefits
Low flexibility of regulations
Findings
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