Проблемы и пути социально-экономического развития муниципальных образований северных и арктических регионов России

Abstract

The article presents the results of expert surveys analyses conducted by the authors in some northern and Arc-tic regions of the Russian Federation in 2021 and 2022. The purpose of this article is to update the problems identified by experts which impede the efficient socio-economic development of municipalities in the designat-ed regions on the basis of the analysis of sociological information and to identify ways to overcome such prob-lems. The scientific novelty of the study consists in a comprehensive assessment of the expert surveys results, which allowed to detect the most significant problems of socio-economic development of municipalities in some Arctic and northern regions. The practical significance of the research is determined by the development of research and practice recommendations for the improvement of management decisions to mitigate the problems of housing and communal services, insufficient financial resources, personnel training and their rel-evance for the labour market of the specified territories, and the development of entrepreneurial activity.