Towards inclusive service delivery through social investment in Romania: An analysis of five sectors, with a particular focus on Early Childhood Education and Care in Roma communities

This report constitutes Deliverable 6.1 ‘National case study reports on social investment in basic service markets’, for Work Package x of the RE-InVEST project.

Towards inclusive service delivery through social investment in England: An analysis of five sectors with a particular focus on mental health

This report examines trends in social investment in England following the financial crisis of 2007/8. The first section considers social investment in relation to four policy arenas: housing, financial services, early childhood education and care, and water. The second part of the report provides an overview of social investment and...

Towards inclusive service delivery through social investment in Portugal: An analysis of five sectors with a particular focus on early childhood education and care (ECEC)

Portugal was submitted to Troika Memorandum of Understanding (2012-2014) and fiscal consolidation measures were implemented to achieve efficiency costs. Spending cuts in education, health system and social security were performed. The access to social benefits such as family allowance, social insertion income, unemployment benefits was making...

Towards inclusive service delivery through social investment in the Netherlands: An analysis of five sectors, with particular focus on housing services

The Dutch recessions of 2009, 2012 and 2013 kicked off a series of spending cuts, which were, among others, achieved by reforms of the social security system, as well as the long-term health care system. The Netherlands placed an increasing emphasis on incentives for people to find employment, whilst access to care facilities was made more...

Towards inclusive service delivery through social investment in the EU: The case of health services

This report aims at: (a) providing an overview of the European policy framework for health services; (b) providing a comparative analysis of this service market across the EU; and (c) performing a comparative analysis of the situations and trends in the health care sector in the eight RE-InVEST countries, so as to identify the approaches they...

Towards inclusive service delivery through social investment in Italy: An analysis of five sectors, with particular focus on housing services

This report examines trends in social investment in Italy following the financial crisis of 2007/8.<br/>The first section considers social investment in relation to four policy areas: early childhood education and care, housing, financial services and water.<br/>The second part of the report provides an overview of social investment and...