Analysis of existing approaches to assessing the economic security of the region

Abstract

The article analyzes the existing approaches and methods to assess the economic security of the region. Certain features were identified during assessing the level of economic security of the region, namely: there are different approaches to the formation of a system of indicators for assessing the economic security of regions, their number, aggregation; the complexity of calculating indicators; availability of information; mathematical tools that are used to calculate indicators of economic security of regions. As a result of the analysis, a comprehensive approach to assessing the economic security of regions is proposed, which involves a sequence of certain stages: 1) grouping of the regions of Ukraine using cluster analysis methods according to the main socio-economic indicators to determine the state of their socio-economic development; 2) calculation of the integral indicator of the economic security of the region using a fuzzy-logical approach, which will allow comparing the state of the economic security of the region both with other regions of Ukraine and with regions of other countries of the world; 3) assessment of the level of threats that affect the economic security of the region using expert assessments for 7 groups of threats (industrial and technological nature; financial; organizational and legal; social and demographic; technogenic environmental; environmental pollution; information); 4) SWOT analysis for the study the strengths and weaknesses of the region, threats and opportunities, in order to further use the data obtained to develop a concept and strategy for the activities of regional authorities to improve the socio-economic situation of the region. 5) the use of an effective approach, which is based on the assessment of GRP per capita, as a generalized indicator of the economic security of the region, to assess the possibility of economic growth in the region.