The impoverishment of the Ukrainian population: the causes, consequences and ways to overcome it

Abstract

The article analyzes the approaches to the definition of the concept of poverty, considers different definitions. The causes of impoverishment and impoverishment of the population are found out. The path of elimination is proposed. Poverty is inherent in any society, but its causes, scales, specific manifestations and consequences differ significantly in different stages of its development. During the crisis of the development of society there is a special stratum – poor people who need the introduction of additional social regulators in the state. Poverty should be considered as the extreme poverty point of the majority of the population, which is not able to meet the minimum necessary social needs at the expense of its own financial resources. By the level of financial provision of the able-bodied population and the population of retirement age, our state is positioned at the level of countries of the so-called third world – countries with very low indicators of socio-economic development, etc.). The status of the impoverished receive families whose incomes are below the subsistence level, experiencing deprivation in the sphere of consumption and perceive themselves as very poor. To reduce the number of poor and impoverished, it is first necessary: a) to review the content of the consumer basket (it is noteworthy that the deputies of the current convocation have undertaken for this, but important results that are not yet noticeable), b) increase the minimum social guarantees, remuneration of employees (for doctors, educators, and scientists), which can be done by indexing, taking into account the consumer price index, c) equalizing the living and non-taxable minimum, d) reducing the number of civil servants, equaling living and non-taxable mines imum The implementation of these measures will at least meet the basic pro-European standards of community development, taking into account the main priorities of the EU for Ukraine.