According to TASS, referring to the document, according to the bank's experts, poverty in Russia will decrease from 12.1% in 2020 to 11.4% in 2021.
“The poverty rate is expected to decline from 12.1% in 2020 to 11.4% in 2021.
The main risk for the forecast is the evolution of the pandemic.
In a pessimistic scenario, new outbreaks of a pandemic in the world and the spread of new strains of the virus may lead to the need to maintain restrictive measures for a longer period in more countries.
In this case, in 2022 Russia may return to recession, ”the report says.
The World Bank points out that the cumulative effect of economic growth and changes in social support measures can lead to poverty reduction in Russia.
Earlier, the head of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, Alexei Kudrin, spoke about a way to reduce the number of the poor in Russia.