THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL REGIONAL POVERTY DIMENTION BASIS
Poverty measurement theoretical and methodological definition and dimention are described in the article. Poverty dimention measurement conceptual approaches comparative analysis on the basis of Russia and foreign countries are demonstrated in the article and author’s poverty estimation methodological approach, which is based on integrated index construction is illustrated in the article. Poverty dimention integrated index of Volga federal district is offered in the article
Keywords: poverty limit, total poverty, relative poverty, subjective poverty, monetary and nonmonetary
approaches, poverty dimention integrated index.
Maria S. Guseva, candidate of Economics, associate professor; Olga S. Shirokaneva, Ph.D. candidate. - Samara State University of Economics.