W opracowaniu dokonano analizy kształtowania się rozmiarów i struktury wydatków z Funduszu Pracy na aktywne programy rynku pracy, liczby i struktury bezrobotnych nimi objętych oraz ich efektywności zatrudnieniowej i kosztowej w Polsce w latach 2005–2009.
The aim of this paper is to show quantity and structure spending from Labour Fund for labour market programmes, number and structure unemployed under these programmes and their effectiveness in Poland in 2005‒2009. In this period there was a significant increase in spending from Labour Fund for active programmes and number unemployed under them. Generally, it was increased the employment effectiveness of these programmes, but the cost of them was increased too.