PRIORITIES OF THE STATE POLICY’S IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM OF UKRAINE

Abstract

Purpose is to analyze the state social policy in Ukraine and to study foreign experience in this area, and, on the basis of research, to provide recommendations for improving the social area in Ukraine. Methodology of research. The theoretical and methodological base of scientific research made of national and foreign scholars on the analysis of social policy, official statistical data of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, reports the NBU and European Central Bank. To ensure the authenticity and validity of the research results to the goal, the following methods have been used: induction and deduction – during theoretical generalizations and conclusions; analogy method – when comparing foreign experience of social policy; economics and statistics as methods of macroeconomic policy of Ukraine analyzing; retrospective analysis, which determines social policy; methods of system analysis and synthesis. Findings. The content and structure of the state social policy are revealed. The expediency of forming a system of social sphere for the realization of the tasks of social policy of Ukraine has been proved. Originality of the obtained results is in the complex theoretical and practical analysis of the system of social sphere of Ukraine. The content of social policy of the state in connection with systemic defects, shortcomings and priorities of the state policy of forming the system of social sphere of Ukraine is revealed. This allowed to generalize the structure of social policy: components, levels, methods, tools, levers. Practical value. The results of the study can be used by public authorities that professionally conduct social policy, the Ministry of Finance, the state statistical agencies.