Methodological aspects of assessing the contribution of border regions of the Russian Federation to the economic development of the country: the author's approach

Relevance. Border regions play an important role in shaping the foreign economic activity of the state. Assessing their contribution to the country's economy allows us to determine the effectiveness of economic ties and identify areas and opportunities for further economic growth and development both for the regions themselves and for the state as a whole. In this regard, the problem of studying methodological approaches to assessing the contribution of border regions of the Russian Federation to the economic development of the country is an important and relevant area of research.

The purpose is to study methodological approaches to assessing the contribution of border regions of the Russian Federation to the economic development of the country.

Objectives: to study existing methodological approaches to assessing the contribution of border regions of the Russian Federation to the economic development of the country; to generalize and visualize them; to substantiate the author's methodology for assessing the contribution of the border regions of the Russian Federation to the economic development of the country; to identify and describe its scientific novelty.

Methodology. The research methodology involves the use of methods of comparative descriptive analysis, graphical processing and presentation of research results.

Results: the existing methodological approaches to assessing the contribution of the border regions of the Russian Federation to the economic development of the country were studied and described; they were summarized and visualized; the author's methodology for assessing the contribution of the border regions of the Russian Federation to the economic development of the country was substantiated.

Conclusions. The studied, described and summarized existing methodological approaches to assessing the contribution of the border regions of the Russian Federation to the economic development of the country made it possible to develop the author's methodology for assessing the contribution of the border regions of the Russian Federation to the economic development of the country, which is flexible and easily adapts to new realities, be it changes in legislation, political events and other conditions. It is able to quickly respond to emerging external and internal challenges of the external environment. The obtained assessment results and conclusions are of direct practical importance for government bodies at all levels.

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