Analytical assessment of indicators of regional economic development potential in the context of digital transformation

Relevance. Digital solutions and technologies act as a driver of regional economic development and determine the competitiveness of the regional economic system in modern conditions. The issue of assessing the digital potential of the region, which generally determines the potential for economic development in modern realities, is relevant.

The purpose of the study is determined by the need to assess the main trends in the development of digital processes in the economic sphere of the region based on the formation of a system of indicators.

Objectives: to determine a system of statistical indicators to assess the digital potential of the region; to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the main indicators that determine the potential of regional economic development in the context of digital transformation; to identify leading regions and outsider regions in terms of the level of digital transformation.

Methodology. To achieve the goal of the study, the methods of a systems approach and economic analysis, synthesis methods, as well as a summary, grouping, and comparative analysis were used.

Results. The article systematizes the indicators reflecting the processes of digital transformation in the region, which are part of regional economic development. The main trends in the change in the considered indicators are substantiated.

Conclusions. The key factors in regional economic development in modern conditions are digital transformations covering all segments of the economy. In this regard, an important task remains the formation of a system of indicators reflecting the digital potential of the regional economic system. Evaluation and monitoring of these indicators will allow making management decisions aimed at digital transformations in the system of regional economic development. The conducted assessment of indicators reflecting digital transformation processes allowed us to conclude that this process is intensively developing in all federal districts. However, the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation retains its leading positions.

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