Yet, much of the SE analysis has been on the impact of exclusion from the formal job market, therefore recommendations made from these studies cannot be transferred to the large group of informal sector workers (Haan and Maxwell, 1998; Wilkinson), which make up a large majority of the workers in the South, where …show more content…
2003). For Europe, The Lisbon Strategy of 2000 “aimed to eliminate social exclusion and establish social cohesion” (Dobelniece, et al. 2008: 45). Member states must produce reports on strategies for social inclusion regularly. Social services and welfare ‘given by local governments are one of the most important support elements’ (Dobelniece, et al. 2008: 46) for those facing poverty due to SE in Latvia, presenting that SE context specificity allowed the governments to be empowered to reduce poverty for their own