TRENDS, PROBLEMS, AND MECHANISMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORTHERN RURAL TERRITORIES IN THE EUROPEAN RUSSIA

Nikolai VOROSHILOV

PhD in Economics, Senior Researcher, Federal State Budgetary Institution of Sciences “Vologda Re-search Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, Russia

niks789@yandex.ru

Abstract

The article presents the results of the analysis of trends and issues of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation’s rural territories and subjects, situated in Russia’s European North. It reveals that the key problems of territorial development are unfavorable demographics; poor housing improvement regarding all improvement types; high share of the population provided with bad-quality drinking water; noticeable income difference between rural and urban population, etc. The authors propose a typology of rural territories according to the size of rural population, periphery, and their economic specialization. We reveal that the territories adjacent to large and major towns, as well as ones having agro-industrial and extractive specialization, are developed the most. We substantiate a mechanism for managing Russia’s rural territories in current conditions and propose recommendations for updating their state development policy: 1) to ensure a complete implementation and achievement of goals of the RF state program “Integrated development of rural territories”; 2) to provide an equal availability of state support measures to rural developers; to help provide state support measures for the development of small- and medium-sized businesses in rural areas; 3) to create conditions for attracting non-budget financing investment sources to socio-engineering countryside infrastructure; 4) to develop different forms of agricultural cooperation; 5) to establish professional teams of experts, specialists, and activists, interested in developing rural territories, in each subject of the Russian Federation, etc.

Keywords: rural territories, European North of Russia, socio-economic development, typologiza-tion, control mechanism.

JEL classification: R1, R5

The author declares that this article is original, its materials have not been published anywhere before.

 pp. 93-108

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MANAGEMENT OF THE ECONOMIC CAPACITY OF THE REGION ON THE BASIS OF FORESIGHT (ON THE EXAMPLE OF ADYGEA, RUSSIA)

Elena Nikolaevna ZAKHAROVA

Adyghe State University, Maikop

Elena Evgenyevna KARDAVA

Branch Adygeya State University in Belorechensk
352630, Krasnodar region,
Belorechensk Street. March 8 57/1
mtrushin@mail.ru

Rita Rafaelovna AVANESOVA

Branch Adygeya State University in Belorechensk
352630, Belorechensk,
Belorechensk Street. March 8 57/1

Elena Petrovna AVRAMENKO

Branch Adygeya State University in Belorechensk
352630, Belorechensk,
Belorechensk Street. March 8 57/1

Abstract

In connection with the aggravation of crisis phenomena in the economy of Russia caused by the events in Ukraine, the sanctions of the West, oil prices reduction and a decline in the ruble, a new approach to strategic planning is required. Foresight technology is the most appropriate one. The purpose of this article is to give a brief description of the foresight as a technology of foreseeing and identifying the most promising points of regional capacity, aimed at improving the competitiveness on the example of a particular region of the Russian Federation – the Republic of Adygea. The authors note that conducting the regional foresight project must be preceded by an analysis of economic, natural, innovative, and information- technological capacity of the region. The article reviews the methods for foresight, gives the characteristics of natural, economic, innovation and information- technological capacity of the Republic of Adygea. In the article the development problems of the region, uncertainty factors and trends of socio-economic changes in the republic have been identified. The implementation of the foresight project will allow to form the basis for social partnership of government, business and social community in order to better exploit opportunities and the implementation of the economic capacity of the region.

Keywords: foresight, forecasting, anticipation, socio-economic development, regional capacity, long-term strategy, uncertainty

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