Keyword: «destitution»

Combating poverty and inequality is a major challenge for sustainable development worldwide. Young low-paid workers found themselves in extreme poverty and worse living conditions. The intensification of social policy programs has led to reduction of poverty and better life of the world's population. In Russia, the spread of poverty is the main problem of sustainable socio-economic development. In recent years, the living standards and welfare of the population have significantly decreased in Russia, and the problems of poverty have spread. The trends of falling real money incomes of Russians remain, which has led to a change in the structure of household expenditures. The proportion of the population's expenditure on food has increased, poor citizens prefer to save money, rather than look for additional earnings. The processes that restrain the reduction of the poor share among the working population remain, the growth of pensions and the improvement of the lives of modern pensioners have slowed down. Among the risk group are low-income families with children, poor people, pensioners and certain categories of working population. The current system of social protection of the population in conditions of economic instability proved incapable to cope fully with the impoverishment of the general population and still does not provide adequate protection for the poor. The current situation in the country bears risks of social instability on regional and national scale.