Summary (English)

Serious economic recession that took place in all countries with transitory economy to a great extent aggravated the wide poverty expansion. Thus, perspectives of poverty reduction are very much determined by the new start of economy. Meanwhile, modernization processes are accompanied by the unprecedentedly increasing inequality as the outcome of the economic activity is distributed. Unequal distribution takes place at the level of an enterprise and industry, as well as across industries and regions. We would like to emphasize that the growing differentiation does not contribute to better economy, but, on the contrary, results in shadow distribution.

The following issues are to be considered when the poverty reduction strategy is being developed:

• For whom the poverty risk is the highest;

• What population groups prevail within the population of the poor;

• What social and economic processes added up to the increase of the population of the poor;

• What measures of state social and economic policy are to contribute to poverty reduction.

The report presents a step by step, detailed consideration of all these issues in order to estimate the objective capacities for the poverty reduction measures to be implemented. The system of recommendations is developed out of a comprehensive consideration of poverty issues. Poverty reduction strategy is sometimes pursued in patch-a-hole way. This results in the situation when contradictory programs are being simultaneously implemented, aggravated by a wrong choice of priorities. Poverty emerges due to a number of processes, not limited to economic ones, thus poverty reduction efforts are to be cover economic, institutional and political fields simultaneously. The main economic issue is the access of the poor to resources. As for political and institutional fields, discrimination of the poor is to be ruled out of political processes and state institutions functioning