State measures to address the social problems of contemporary youth in Mongolia

The paper deals with the essence and content of social problems of one of the most numerous social and demographic groups of contemporary Mongolian society, i.e. the youth. The author reveals the government social protection measures for the modern youth, the state programs for support and promotion of development and self-realization of young people. The research provides the statistical data of the Statistical Office of Mongolia, the United Nations, as well as describes the most urgent social and cultural problems of Mongolian youth and the ways to address them. In addition, the distinctive features of the social problems of the above-mentioned group are revealed, the negative trends in the behavior and functioning of the younger generation are analyzed in the context of the unstable implementation of the state policy on social protection of the contemporary youth of Mongolia.