Regional economic policy as a tool for balanced development: assessment of goals, tools and effectiveness

The relevance of the research is due to the steady and increasing differentiation of the socio-economic development of the regions of the Russian Federation, which poses a threat to national security and the integrity of the economic space. The development and implementation of an effective regional economic policy are tools for balanced development, which requires the search for tools to equalize imbalances and stimulate balanced regional growth.
The purpose of the study is a comprehensive analysis of Russia's modern regional economic policy aimed at ensuring balanced territorial development through an assessment of its conceptual foundations and the tools used. Objectives: to summarize the main goals, directions and results, as well as to propose a system of evaluation indicators of the effectiveness of economic policy using the example of the region.
Methodology. The methodological basis of the study for the study of regional economic policy in the focus of balanced development was a set of general scientific methods: theoretical analysis and synthesis, comparative analysis, statistical analysis using the example of the Kursk region for the period 2019-2023 using data from Rosstat, Kurskstat and official reporting.
Results: the key goals and principles of modern regional economic policy are identified; the results are summarized, a set of instruments of regional economic policy is defined, including budgetary, tax, investment policy, as well as interregional cooperation and the development of regional specialization.
Conclusions. The conducted research has led to the conclusion that modern regional economic policy in the Russian Federation has significant potential to achieve the goals of balanced development, which confirms the need for its further adaptation to changing external and internal conditions. A system of estimated indicators of the effectiveness of regional economic policy is proposed, grouped by economic, social, financial, infrastructural, demographic and environmental blocks.

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