IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN LITHUANIA: THE CONTEXT OF POVERTY REDUCTION

Abstract

The article analyzes the implementation of sustainable development goals in Lithuania: the context of poverty reduction. The problem raised in the study: what are the changes in poverty reduction in the implementation of the first goal of sustainable development, Combating poverty in Lithuania? Subject of work: implementation of sustainable development goals in Lithuania in the context of poverty reduction. The aim of the work: to analyze the implementation of sustainable development goals in Lithuania in the context of poverty reduction. To achieve the goal, the following tasks are set: 1) to perform a theoretical analysis of the implementation of sustainable development goals in Lithuania in the context of poverty reduction; 2) to analyze the changes in the statistical indicators of the fight against poverty of the 1st goal of sustainable development in Lithuania in 2010-2020. period. Research methods: the analysis of scientific and other literary sources is carried out, the analysis of statistical indicators is carried out, the statistics of the Department of Statistics under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania for 2010-2020 are used in the work. data, to evaluate changes in statistical indicators, percentage changes in those indicators are calculated, data are grouped and compared, data are represented graphically.

Sustainable development poses important challenges not only to the world, but also to the socio-economic development of Lithuania, where such important problems as cyclicality of economic development, aging society, changes in the demographic structure, income and gender inequality and others are observed. Analyzing the implementation of the goals of sustainable development, especially the reduction of the fight against poverty, it can be seen that poverty still remains one of the more complex social problems to be solved in Lithuania. Although there is a lot of talk about the problem of poverty in the public sphere, it is one of the Government's priority tasks and the goals set in the Sustainable Development Agenda until 2030, where the fight against poverty is given the first priority goal, but the solution to any problem requires its knowledge, analysis, and the disclosure of the causal factors in an academic level.

After conducting the research, it was found that as the GDP in the country increased during the analyzed period, the level of absolute poverty in Lithuania and the share of the population of men, women and children of all age groups living at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Lithuania decreased. It is noticeable that the government sector's expenses for the most necessary social security services increased the most during the analyzed period, compared to the government sector's necessary expenses for education or health care. Therefore, it is very important to successfully implement the 1st goal of sustainable development in Lithuania, which provides for the elimination of all forms of poverty in the country, thereby contributing to the implementation of Agenda 2030 in the world.