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The EU Commission and most member states do not have systematically coherent ways of measuring financial or social gains of those investments — so they are usually exclusively registered as costs (Photo: Unsplash)

EU ministers call for social investment, amid budget cuts

EU finance ministers met with social affairs ministers in Brussels to discuss novel ways to measure and track the impact of government investment in the workforce.

Social investment, for lifelong learning, education, and government support for job transitions and schemes to improve job accessibility for the (partially) disabled or those recovering from a long-term illness, are expected to boost European growth.

"Social investment is not just a cost factor; it also has a return,"...

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The EU Commission and most member states do not have systematically coherent ways of measuring financial or social gains of those investments — so they are usually exclusively registered as costs (Photo: Unsplash)

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