Interterritorial socio-economic differentiation is one of the main internal challenges that hamper sustainable development of Russian regions and impede the transition of the economy to a new ...techno-economic paradigm. The weakening of economic ties and the uneven distribution of resources have led to an increase not only in interregional, but also in intraregional inequality in the development of territories; this disrupts the cohesion of the common economic space. In this regard, it becomes necessary to substantiate scientifically the mechanism of territorial development regulation that can reduce the scale of intraregional differentiation and overcome its negative implications; this predetermined the goal of our study. We use the data on the Vologda Oblast to systematize and analyze factors that cause intraregional differentiation; we identify the most significant of them, assess the scale and depth of socio-economic differentiation, determine the trends of change in socio-economic development of municipal districts, and substantiate the use of methods that help decrease the inequality of territories. We use analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, as well as methodological tools based on economic-statistical and comparative analysis and expert survey, as a methodological basis of the study. Scientific novelty of our research findings consists in the fact that they help develop methods to analyze, evaluate and regulate intraregional differentiation. The findings of our study can be used by federal and regional authorities and serve as a basis for further research on this topic to facilitate a more detailed study of a differentiated approach to the implementation of state support measures provided to municipalities with different development levels and capacities
This paper examines the mainstream theories of “financial sustainability” and “financial development”. It is suggested understanding “financial development” as the complex dynamic characteristics of ...the financial sector, which is formed under the influence of financial and economic policy factors and the financial market functioning. The paper provides the methodology of relationship between financial sustainability and socio-economic development of countries evaluation. Based on the matrix method, it is proved that the differences in developed and developing countries occur due to the relationship between financial sustainability and financial development.
Research into and conservation of geological heritage and the use of the knowledge gained for the education of the general public lay the groundwork for the creation and consolidation of specialised ...museums and the dissemination of knowledge among a more diverse audience. In this way, resources linked to Geology will become a territorial development factor and move societies to consider them as indispensable resources for their benefit. This, along with heritage laws, will ensure that these elements are provided with the stewardship to ensure their long-term care and maintenance. This action plan is being carried out with the geological and palaeontological heritage in some places of the province of Teruel (Spain) where, even in remote areas with little more than one inhabitant per square kilometre, the research, development and innovation have resulted in various museography actions in dinosaur sites.
The Dinosaur Route
in a small village called El Castellar, which already has other tourist attractions related to “terrible lizards”, is one example of research being placed at the service of territorial development in rural areas. The route is a 2.3-km walking trail that consists, mainly, of two dinosaur fossil sites that have been enabled for tourist visits which have great educational value for all audiences: Camino El Berzal, with tracks, and San Cristóbal, with various original bones of a stegosaurid. The latter is the first site in Spain where dinosaur fossils can be seen in situ in a permanent exhibition.
This article explores corporate regional engagement and related social capital in non-core regions. Corporate regional engagement comprises various activities of firms to influence regional contexts, ...which are challenging in non-core regions (e.g. on account of their organizational or institutional thinness). Corporate regional engagement engenders positive effects for regional development when firms collaborate among themselves (bonding social capital) and with other actors (bridging social capital) to improve regional endowments. We assume that dynamic regions have at their disposal higher levels of inclusive social capital in terms of collaboration networks for regional concerns and trust, while less dynamic regions have more exclusive and fragmented social capital. Consequently, less dynamic regions in particular appear to have potential to develop in a more social sense by activating the endogenous potential of region-wide collaboration. Those assumptions are tested based on a survey with Chief Executive Officers from the manufacturing industry from three dynamic and three less dynamic Swiss regions. The findings show that in dynamic regions, more firms are members of regional cross-industry associations, favouring regional collaboration; in less dynamic regions, meanwhile, more firms are members of industry-specific associations and service clubs, where benefits seem to be higher for individual firms than for the regional business environment.
The article discusses various aspects of competition policy effectiveness analysis. At present, the antitrust legislation has reached a certain point in its development. It should be recognized that, ...despite the presence of a sufficiently developed legal tool in this area, the Russian law enforcement practice is still far from the best world standards and needs serious adjustment. It is noted that there is no system analysis in this direction at present, the available estimates are characterized by inconsistency, the lack of completeness and a low degree of reliability. It is shown that the competition policy in its current form based on the application of antimonopoly legislation in its protective version can formally lead to the decrease of efficiency criterion values in the form of economic concentration indicators, on the basis of which it is necessary to transform it in the direction of making it more active. They analyzed the main sources of antitrust laws. They listed the indicators of socio-economic development level, and the hypothesis was formulated about the existence of the relationship between the level of socio-economic development of a territory and the frequency of antitrust law violations. The performed analysis will give us the information about ranking, they will know the list of territories that need attention.
The article discusses the main demographic indicators of theVologdaregion, which indicate an increase in the processes of urbanization, the concentration of residents of the region in large cities, ...the outflow of the population from small settlements. Based on the analysis of public reports by the heads of urban settlements of the Vologda Oblast, the most acute problems of small towns in the region are identified. In addition to reducing the population, there are acute problems associated with the insufficient level of development of industrial and agricultural production, the unsatisfactory condition of the housing and utilities and road infrastructure, the high degree of depreciation of the housing stock, and the weak development of consumer services. One of the main causes of these problems is the limited financial resources of the budgets of small cities in the region. As the main methods of research, the methods of comparative analysis, synthesis and synthesis were used in the work. The information base served as indicators of official statistics, reports of state and municipal authorities, as well as scientific works of domestic and foreign researchers on this subject.
The agricultural sustainable development for human well-being considers food security and ecological health as well as people’s socio-economic conditions. Nowadays, most of the holistic assessments ...of agricultural sustainability, mainly focus on food production and ecological consequences, relatively lacking analysis from the socio-economic perspective. In this context, this study constructs an agricultural social life cycle assessment model based on the guidelines of UNEP to assess the social and economic impacts on the three major staple grain crops in China, including maize, rice and wheat. The assessment model aims to analyze effects of stakeholders containing farmer, agricultural value chain actors, consumer, rural areas, society, and impact categories including high-quality growth of agriculture, a comfortable life in rural areas, the prosperity of rural people. The data is mainly from national statistical databases and representative industry databases. The impact assessment adopts social risk and social impact as quantitative characterization methods, and Analytical Hierarchical Process to obtain weights. The results show that: among the three major grain crops, farmers are the most important factors for stakeholders, and agricultural industrial development has the greatest potential negative impacts on society; maize has the most positive impacts on agricultural sustainable development in China.
At the present stage of social development, which is forming a new high-tech world system with all its challenges and problems, it is necessary to provide all participants in social and economic ...relations with a single and convenient environment for interaction, to improve the level and quality of life, and to ensure sustainable development. «Smart city» technologies, and their further extrapolation to the scale of a regional entity – a «smart region» – make it possible to ensure sustainable development for all residents of the region and consumers of municipal and regional services – citizens, public and business organizations, as well as government. Due to the constant development of the transport industry and new opportunities for the transportation of passengers and goods, it is interesting to study the transport and logistics segment of the «smart region». It explains the relevance and practical significance of this study, which presents a theoretical and methodological substantiation of the formation of a «smart» transport and logistics complex with its positioning as a factor of sustainable development of the region, on the example of the Volgograd region. This approach is original, has a high degree of reliability, the ability to build and verify the forecast of the socio-economic development of the region. The developed model in the study represents the authors' vision of the development of the transport and logistics complex of the Volgograd region in the future, defines short, medium and long-term priorities, goals and objectives, proposes the main directions of development, mechanisms for achieving the set goals and objectives, taking into account the achieved level and identified problems. The results of approbation prove the expediency of its use in the development and scientific substantiation of the strategy of socio-economic development at the regional level.
...small tea growers have been confronted with multiple existential challenges via finance, land problem, labour supply,lack of training in tea culture and practices, marketing of green leaves, ...natural disasters like flood, erosion, climate change, poor infrastructural facilities. The present paper tries to highlight the problems and prospects of small tea growers with special reference to Margherita area of Tinsukia district and makes analysis on the basis of the following criteria viz percentage of the small tea growers in the area under study, area of plantation held by the tea grower, production per year in kg from the tea estate owned by the small tea growers, source of finance, cost of labour, amount of subsidies received, percentage of profit earned, tea growers contribution towards the socio-economic development, problem faced from labours working in the tea garden under study, factors which contributes to their income etc. and for analysis the researcher has conducted its study on the basis of primary data where the information were collected through well framed questionnaire meant for small tea growers and secondary sources like journals, newspaper, articles, government reports, websites etc. ...this study aims at identifying the constraints and factors that influenced the small tea growers. ...a small tea growers have been confronted with multiple existential challenges via finance, land problem, labour supply, lack of training in tea culture and practices, marketing of green leaves, natural disasters like flood, erosion, climate change, poor infrastructural facilities. The economic contribution and employment opportunity generated by these small tea growers have great significance in Assam. ...it is an interesting field of research how it has changed people's attitude in their occupational structure, thus providing better economic condition and employment opportunities.
Paraguay's power system is based entirely on hydropower. It serves as the largest net electricity exporter in Latin America. Nonetheless, the country´s electricity consumption per capita is one of ...the lowest in the world and the transmission and distribution network has one of the highest losses in Latin America. This paper presents an electricity expansion investment outlook (2018–2040) for Paraguay using OSeMOSYS, analyzing three electricity demand scenarios under different electricity export prices to Brazil. The study identifies the least-cost power generation mix, future investments and the financial requirements to meet the needs of different demand scenarios. We find that Paraguay will need to invest in hydropower plants, by mainly expanding the capacity of Yacyreta to cover its electricity needs and sustain national electricity exports levels. In the High demand scenario, where the electricity demand could approximately double by 2040, the country's overall electricity exports decrease by 50% compared to the Reference scenario. Based on the different scenarios examined, the government spends approximately 18.3–31.2 billion USD on power plant investments for the period 2018–2040 to cover future electricity demand. The findings could be useful in supporting decision-making concerning socio-economic development pathways in the country.
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