The Foreign Experience and Reform of Social Support of Low-Income People in Russia Seminar

On July 17, 2012, the Seminar: Foreign Experience and Reform of Social Support of Low-Income People in Russia was held at the Gaidar Institute. The main report was delivered by Svetlana Misikhina, Leading Researcher of the Gaidar Institute.

The expert presented to the participants in the seminar the outputs of the analysis of mechanisms of social support of low-income people in developed countries and social expenditure volumes of different states. Also, S. Misikhina spoke about the factors which had an effect on the poverty level in Russia, as well as mechanisms of social support which were effective in fighting poverty in Russia.