3. What are the reasons for the current situation in the social sphere? The primary
reasons may include:
- Non-acceptance by the state and the authorities of the individual, people, and new
civil institutions as active social policy subjects, and an underestimation of the role of the
social partnership.
- A revaluation by the state of its own objective capacity and resources when
assuming social obligations.
- An underestimation by the authorities of the need to create conditions for a
psychological restructuring of the population and the formation of a new mass consciousness
appropriate to the essence and pace of the reforms underway.
- An underappreciation by the authorities of the importance of
coordinating/synchronizing social policy with the economic adjustments underway in the
country (with regard to goals, methods, pace, etc.).
- Lack of adequate consideration of and lack of a systemic approach to decisions in
the social policy sphere that were adopted in the middle of the 1990s as a result of the direct
lobbying of certain political groups, sectoral ministries, and regional leaders.