Development of the region's investment infrastructure in the context of ensuring economic security

The relevance of the research topic is determined by the regional development of investment infrastructure, which is one of the priorities of state economic policy, taking into account the challenges and opportunities of the digital economy and the implementation of major investment and infrastructure projects. In this regard, the study of the development of regional investment infrastructure in the context of ensuring economic security is of particular importance, since it allows us to identify systemic patterns and fundamental factors that determine the effectiveness of state economic policy.

Purpose. The main purpose of the study is to substantiate methodological approaches to assessing the investment infrastructure of the region in the context of ensuring economic security.

Objectives: to substantiate methodological approaches to the development of investment infrastructure; to quantify the development of investment infrastructure in the region; to develop and evaluate indicators for the development of investment infrastructure in the region.

Methodology. The following methods were used in the research: methods of structural, statistical and dynamic assessment of the studied processes, graphical and tabular interpretation of empirical and factual information.

Results. The practical significance of the research results lies in the development of methodological recommendations that can be used by public authorities in the formation, systematization and assessment of the investment infrastructure of the region in the context of ensuring economic security.

Conclusions. At the regional level, it is advisable to use the following indicators for monitoring the development of investment infrastructure: the structure and dynamics of gross regional product; industrial production index; investments in fixed assets; dynamics of advanced production technologies used; the share of investments aimed at reconstruction and modernization in total investments in fixed assets. The implementation of the investment block of the strategy for socioeconomic development of the Kursk region will require the diversification of the region's economy and the creation of a sustainable socio-economic model of the border region, which is able to attract investments and residents in special economic zones, industrial parks, as well as develop mechanisms to retain the attraction of human capital in the region.

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