Levels and Hierarchy of Goals of the Modern Regional Socio-Economic Policy of Russia

The complexity of the implementation of regional policy in federal states, due, on the one hand, to the diversity of regions and their features, on the other – the presence of several levels of its implementation, determines the relevance of research devoted to the study of this instrument of public administration. The article suggests an approach that allows differentiating the goals of regional socio-economic policy by its levels. The composition is specified, and the hierarchy of goals of the regional socio-economic policy of Russia is developed. It is proved that in current conditions, the priority goal of the regional policy of the federal center should be to ensure the integrity and economic security of the state in terms of regional development, the regional policy of the subjects of the Federation – to achieve positive dynamics of the quality of life of the population of the region. It is shown that in the foreseeable future, the problem of smoothing interregional inequality and ensuring balanced socio-economic development of the country and regions on this basis will retain the status of a strategic goal of the state regional socio-economic policy in the Russian Federation. The implementation of the presented approach to goal-setting in the practice of public administration will contribute to the formation of an effective regional policy as the most essential condition for the balanced spatial development of the Russian Federation.

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