The article analyzes the research results of foreign and domestic scientists on reducing poverty and improving the standard of living of the population. Analytical opinions about the created system for reducing poverty and future plans were put forward. Internal and external factors influencing the improvement of the standard of living of the world population and the reforms aimed at them, scientific researches on reducing poverty continue on a large scale. In particular, the optimal point of the consumption basket, the minimum living wage, the minimum consumption expenditure amount, and the development of criteria for determining the poverty and destitution thresholds, as well as comments on the scientific research works on the directions of private entrepreneurship for the population based on the neighborhood work system. In the literature analysis, normative documents issued on poverty reduction in our country are cited. Proposals and recommendations for the further development of the population's standard of living are presented based on the neighborhood work system.

In this article, the analysis of different approaches to the concept of poverty, the causes of poverty, the importance of improving the business environment in reducing the level of poverty, the directions and perspectives of reducing the share of the poor in the economy through the development of entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan are highlighted.