Targeting Social Benefits

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Over the last decade, changing family life and increasing fiscal constraints on welfare expenditures have forced industrialized nations to reconsider how they approach social protection. Faced with ¬scal and demographic changes, many countries have been struggling to develop innovative policy responses. Some involve targeting bene¬ts in order to shrink existing program commitments, to focus welfare expenditures on those most in need, and to give social welfare systems more ¬exibility in redirecting available resources to meet emerging demands.