The state social contract as a tool for increasing the economic availability of food for the rural population and stimulating cooperation
Relevance and novelty of the work. The article presents an analysis of a relatively new organizational and economic form of state social assistance to the poor in the form of a social contract, the experiment of implementation of which began in 2011 in a number of regions of the Russian Federation and has recently received strong state support at the federal level as one of the measures aimed at reducing the level of poverty in the country. The purpose of the work. Based on the analysis of measures within the framework of state social assistance on the basis of the social contract aimed at increasing the income level of the rural population, it is proposed to restructure federal budget allocations within this form of support for the poor in order to increase the efficiency of their use. Materials and methods of research. The materials of our own research, regulatory documents, scientific publications, and the Internet were used. In the course of the study, general scientific methods were used: monographic, analysis, comparison, and retrospective analysis. The results of the study. The proposals for improving the efficiency of the use of federal budget allocations in terms of state social assistance to low-income rural citizens of Russia on the basis of a social contract are proposed and justified.