Comparative analysis of the efficiency of measures to overcome poverty in foreign countries

The article presents the results of a comparative study of successful measures to overcome poverty and social exclusion in the framework of the social and economic policies of foreign countries. The authors conduct an analytical review of government programs and practical regional measures developed and applied in the European Union and some BRICS-member countries to overcome material deprivation and inequality. The authors mean there are not any universal methods exist to overcome poverty because of many economic and non-economic factors affecting the economic development of specific regions. It is advisable to develop more dynamic and short-term package measures, which can evolve in parallel with institutional factors.