Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food...

A welfare state is a form of government in which the state (or a well-established network of social institutions) protects and promotes the economic and...

Animal welfare is the well-being of non-human animals. Formal standards of animal welfare vary between contexts, but are debated mostly by animal welfare groups...

Welfare economics is a field of economics that applies microeconomic techniques to evaluate the overall well-being (welfare) of a society. This evaluation...

Welfare capitalism is capitalism that includes social welfare policies[better source needed] and/or the practice of businesses providing welfare services...

Welfare chauvinism or welfare state nationalism is the political notion that welfare benefits should be restricted to certain groups, particularly to the...

Henry Welfare (20 August 1888 – 1 September 1966) was an English footballer and teacher who lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He arrived at Rio de Janeiro...

Look up welfare in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Welfare may refer to: Examples of usage of the term to denote the general well-being of an individual...

The Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs (Hebrew: משרד הרווחה והביטחון החברתי) is the branch of government charged with overseeing employment and ensuring...

Welfare dependency is the state in which a person or household is reliant on government welfare benefits for their income for a prolonged period of time...

There are two fundamental theorems of welfare economics. The first states that in economic equilibrium, a set of complete markets, with complete information...

A "welfare queen" is a derogatory term used in the United States to describe individuals who are perceived to misuse or abuse the welfare system, often...

Welfare reform is the process of proposing and adopting changes to a welfare system in order to improve the efficiency and administration of government...

Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). This includes a comprehensive welfare state and multi-level collective bargaining based on the economic foundations...

Corporate welfare is a phrase used to describe a government's bestowal of money grants, tax breaks, or other special favorable treatment for corporations...

The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Dutch: Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport; VWS) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for public...

The Welfare Party (Turkish: Refah Partisi, RP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey. It was founded by Ali Türkmen, Ahmet Tekdal, and Necmettin Erbakan...

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (Swedish: Socialstyrelsen) is a Swedish government agency. The agency was the result of a merger between...

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, also known by its abbreviation MoHFW, is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India...

Animal Welfare Party (AWP) is a minor political party in the United Kingdom campaigning on an animal welfare, environment and health platform. The party...

Welfare is a 1975 film directed by Frederick Wiseman. It examines the welfare system in the United States, both from the viewpoints of the officials and...

The modern welfare state has been criticized on economic and moral grounds from all ends of the political spectrum. Many have argued that the provision...

President Bill Clinton. The bill implemented major changes to U.S. social welfare policy, replacing the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program...

The welfare trap (or unemployment trap or poverty trap in British English) theory asserts that taxation and welfare systems can jointly contribute to...

created in 1979, it was called the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). HHS is administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services...

Social welfare, assistance for the ill or otherwise disabled and the old, has long been provided in Japan by both the government and private companies...

International University of Health and Welfare (国際医療福祉大学, Kokusai iryō fukushi daigaku) is a private university in Ōtawara, Tochigi, Japan, established...

The Colonial Development and Welfare Acts were a series of acts implemented by the British parliament. Following the First World War, a group of European...

previous Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, and the portfolio with welfare transferred to the Secretary for Labour and Welfare. The SH is a politically...

Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal...