Сучасні тенденції соціального розвитку регіонів Украї­ни

Abstract

Social changes in the country cause the execution of the systematic identification and diagnosis of the problems of social development of the regions for the constant adjustment and improvement of state administrative activity that defined the objectives of the given work. The article reveals the state and general trends of the territorial dynamics of social processes, the level of interregional differentiation by main aspects of social development for the period 2007–2017. It has been demonstrated that, despite a certain positive dynamics, the current state of social development in most regions of Ukraine is unsatisfactory and is characterized by low quality of life indicators (in almost 70% of regions the level of regional human development is below the average Ukrainian figures). Interurban asymmetry is fixed (overall urban settlements in almost all aspects have better results of social development). There is an imbalance in social development by its main elements, which creates a significant imbalance in providing opportunities for the realization of the social rights of the population depending on the place of residence (a number of regions which are leading according to one social indicator are simultaneously outsiders in others). The growth of disproportions in the social development of regions is indicated by a number of features, first of all, by the rates of approaching target values; indicators characterizing the comfort of living of the population, social environment, material well-being, employment of the population. It has been found that interregional imbalances of social development are the result of a combination of external and internal factors, including weaknesses in public administration at the national and regional levels. The necessity of concentrating the attention of the authorities on the most problematic aspects of the development of the social and humanitarian sphere in each region, strengthening the regional component of state policy, activating the regions themselves in solving specific social problems, increasing the effectiveness of state-management mechanisms for social equation of regional development were proven.