This work reveals problems of providing of social service in places which can be identified as «Russian remote places», particularly on peripheral territories that are characterized by intensive processes of depopulation. Population outflow, degradation of human capital, aging of staff in...

Since the beginning of the 1990s, demographic, economic and social changes occurring in Russia and Ukraine have had an impact on both labour markets and social conditions. Even though some of the social safety net changes introduced at the beginning of the 21st century have brought positive...

This paper discusses the set of tools of government enacted in 2009–2013 in Russia to provide support to socially oriented nonprofit organizations (SONPOs). The discussion evaluates the new tools within the context of international comparisons. In particular the comparisons concern the...

This paper analyzes the impact of social policy on the welfare of children in OECD countries and Russia, and the development of recommendations, based on the experience of OECD countries, on the improvement of social policies aimed at improving the welfare of children in the Russian Federation....

This paper analyzes the changes that have intervened in the field of income poverty and human poverty since the onset of the transition in Moldova. With a biblical contraction of GDP, a fast rise in inequality, a drop in social expenditure and a weakening of civil society, most indicators of...

In the early 1990s considerable attention was given to the issues of stabilization, privatization, taxation and labour market adjustment in the Eastern Europe transition, but demographic and welfare issues received less attention. While the economic and social reforms undertaken were desirable...