Methodological approaches to the prediction of the poverty level in the Russian Federation

Abstract

One of the eight major global development goals of humanity of the third millennium, containing in the Declaration of the Millennium Summit of the United Nations (2000), is the aim to reduce poverty by half by 2015 in comparison with1990. To achieve this aim, the authorities of every country should have a clear picture of the actual level of poverty of the population of the country. The authorities should have at their disposal adequate information about incomes and expenditures of the population and other factors, affecting the level of poverty, and as well the methods for the comprehensive analysis and forecast of poverty phenomenon for the elaboration of adequate preventive measures to reduce its scope.