ОСОБЕННОСТИ РАЗВИТИЯ СЕВЕРНЫХ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ СЗФО И ПРОБЛЕМЫ ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЯ ИНТЕГРАЦИИ ПРОСТРАНСТВА МАКРОРЕГИОНА

Abstract

One of the key features of the development of the economic space of Russia at the present stage is the coexistence of integration and disintegration processes in it. This is especially acute at the level of such large territorial entities as federal districts. In particular, as part of the North-Western Federal District (NWFD), one can single out its northern and southern zones, on the balanced and mutually agreed development of which the stability of the entire macro-region depends. At the same time, the market transformations of the last decades have had a particularly negative impact on the development of the northern territories. In this regard, the purpose of the work is to study the features and problems of the development of the northern territories of the Northwestern Federal District in the context of ensuring the integration of the space of the macroregion. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, as well as using the tools of economic statistics (σ- and β-convergence), the prerequisites and direction of the development of integration / disintegration processes in the space of the macroregion in 2000–2020 were identified. The conceptual directions for improving the federal and regional socio-economic policy aimed at consolidating the potential of the subjects of the Northwestern Federal District in order to ensure sustainability and integration of the macroregion space are substantiated.