INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF PROBLEM REGIONS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Abstract

The article deals with the issues of substantiating the development and implementation of individual programs of socio-economic development for 10 constituent entities of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the Russian Federation). The selection of regions for the development of individual programs for socio-economic development (hereinafter – IPSER) was carried out by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (hereinafter – the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia) in 2020. The regions were selected on the basis of a study of 4 indicators (average per capita cash income of the population; the share of the population with cash incomes below the subsistence level; unemployment rate; investment in fixed capital per capita) in a three-year period of socio-economic development among 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The average per capita cash income of the population was studied as indicators characterizing the purchasing power of the population. The forecast of the average per capita money income of the population reveals the potential opportunities of the population residing in the analyzed territory. The indicators of the share of the population with cash incomes below the subsistence minimum established in the region were considered as characterizing the level of poverty, and its forecast reveals a decrease (increase) in the cash receipts of the population of a particular territory
available for saving. Unemployment indicators were considered as determining and characterizing the level and pace of economic development of the territory. Indicators of investment in fixed capital per capita were studied as characterizing the selected territories from the side of the investment site for the future development of entrepreneurial activity. The analysis of the IPSER of the problem regions of the Russian Federation was carried out by the authors to a certain extent from the position as an innovation in strategic planning, which makes it possible to identify their strengths and weaknesses, as well as opportunities and threats, in individual programs for the socio-economic development of the selected regions. The results of the SWOT analysis are needed in the future to adjust the comprehensive plans for individual development through reasonable actions. The proposed activities will be aimed at reducing the effects of future risks, which will allow us to study the experience of studying the negative and positive aspects of the IPSER in underdeveloped regions. The practical significance of the presented strategic planning tool can be manifested in the application of its results for the prolongation of the IPSER of problem regions until 2027, taking into account the refined strategic development goals.