Open AccessPoverty rate indicator and measures to reduce it (case of the Astrakhan region)
Author(s) -
Svetlana Yurievna Abdulova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik astrahanskogo gosudarstvennogo tehničeskogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2687-1076
pISSN - 1812-9498
DOI - 10.24143/1812-9498-2021-2-78-84
Subject(s) - treasury , poverty , poverty rate , population , social security , retraining , state (computer science) , business , inflation (cosmology) , economics , economic growth , development economics , demographic economics , geography , sociology , demography , market economy , physics , archaeology , algorithm , theoretical physics , international trade , computer science
As a result of the crisis, spread of coronavirus infection, growth of inflation for a number of years in Russia there has been registered a decrease in real incomes of the population, as well as the persistent poverty rate. Despite the unprecedented measures taken by the State to provide social support to the population, the fight against poverty is one of the strategic tasks for the state. The poverty rate indicator is included in the performance indicators of state authorities and regional leaders. Methods of assistance to the most vulnerable segments of the population should be comprehensive (include educational programs, retraining, psychological support, employment, social benefits, support measures for beginning and existing entrepreneurs and the self-employed, social contracts, social treasury), but at the same time they should be targeted and personalized.