Work relief programs

United States government New Deal agency (1935–1939) employing millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects

1848 publicly-funded jobs in France

initiative taken by government for rural people

administered a comprehensive public works program to promote and stabilize employment

economic policy proposal for full employment in which the state hires unemployed workers as an employer of last resort

thumb|right|Activists dressed as prisoners demonstrating against workfare in the United Kingdom (October 2011) Workfare is a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training. Many countries around the world have adopted workfare (sometimes implemented as "work-first" policies) to reduce poverty among able-bodied adults; however, their approaches to execution vary. The United States and United Kingdom are two countries utilizing workfare, albeit with different backgrounds.

government work relief programmes