ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT EFFICIENCY ON THE BASIS OF MONITORING THE DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE NORTH CAUCASUS FEDERAL DISTRICT)

Abstract

Assessment of regional development efficiency is an important stage in the process of public administration of regions, the results of which serve as a justification for the choice of further territorial development strategies. The multiplicity of assessment methods reflects the complexity of regional systems and the relevance of the problems. Criteria and indicators for assessing the effectiveness of regional development depend on the goals and objectives of research. From the standpoint of a comprehensive approach, the paper makes an assessment based on an integral indicator, which affects various spheres of functioning of the region (socio-demographic, fiscal and economic, infrastructural). The object of the study is the regions of the North Caucasian Federal District characterized by low rates of economic development, high level of social tension, significant problems in the development of infrastructure. The analysis reflects the differentiation between the regions in terms of certain indicators (unemployment rate, level of average per capita income, poverty rate, natural growth rate). The study based on a comprehensive approach does not reveal a significant difference between the level of development of the subjects of the North Caucasian Federal District. Low economic indicators are compensated by high social indicators. Demographic indicators of birth rate and life expectancy are invariably higher in the national republics, which is due to historically national and cultural peculiarities. The results of such an assessment of the socio-economic situation in the regions will help to substantiate the objectivity of the methods and instruments of regulation applied by the federal and regional administrations.