Social Support: Strengthening the Population Targeting

Elena Е. Grishina – Head of Department of Labor Markets and Pension System Research, Institute for Social Analysis and Forecasting, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Candidate of Economic Sciences. Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Elena Tsatsura – Senior Research fellow of the Living and Social Protection Research Department, Institute for Social Analysis and Forecasting, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Candidate of Sociological Sciences. Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Decree of the President of the Russian Federation may goal is poverty reduction in half-will require not only the growth of real wages and the real incomes of the population, but also a change of the social support system to enhance its targeting. This transformation in the Russian regions have already started-more social support measures takes into account the income of the recipient or of the household.

Key words: social safety net, targeted social assistance, population’s income, poverty, disadvantaged.