Methodological aspects of taking into account non-monetary factors in measuring the level of poverty[Методологические Аспекты Учета Немонетарных Факторов При Измерении Уровня Бедности]

The relevance of the research is related to the need to improve the methodology for measuring the poverty level in the Russian Federation. The purpose of the research is to develop methodological approaches to inclusion of non-monetary components in the system of factors considered in the process of estimating the poverty level in the Russian Federation and measuring its dynamics. The tasks to be addressed within the framework of the study include analysis of existing methodological approaches to measuring the poverty level; identification of problematic aspects of using monetary indicators to measure the poverty level; analysis and systematization of the best practices of international measurement experience taking into account non-monetary components; development of proposals for improving the methodology for estimating the poverty level in the Russian statistics. The research was conducted as part of RANEPA’s 2021 state research assignment. During the research, methods of analysis and systematization of the latest best practices in the field of integrated measurements of the level and dynamics of the poverty level were used. The research is based on the information about the latest developments in the methodology of considering non-monetary factors in measuring poverty, documented and presented by international organizations such as UN, IMF, World Bank, OECD and EU, as well as respective developments implemented in the statistics of individual countries. The specific results of the research include: developed methodological basis for building multidimensional estimates of the poverty level, recommended approaches to taking into account nonmonetary components in measuring the poverty level and its dynamics, proposals for taking into account deprivation characteristics in constructing multidimensional estimates of the poverty level. The main conclusions of the study is that the most promising approaches to considering non-monetary factors include the development of material deprivation indicators, which can be supplemented with information on social isolation indicators. The prospects of the research and the directions of further work are related to the development of methodological basis for constructing estimates of the poverty level based on a combination of its monetary and material characteristics.