DIAGNOSIS AND RESEARCH OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PECULIARITIES OF REGIONS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL

Abstract

Significant differentiation of regions, territorial disparities both in the structure of the economy and in the development of social infrastructure and income levels, determine not only different baselines for the formation of strategies for socio-economic development of Ukraine, but, despite national goals and priorities, they define different priorities for regional policy at the national level. Thus, in the presence of positive trends in Ukraine's development, there are still many unresolved issues related to the need to ensure further growth of social and economic indicators of the country's development, as well as reducing interregional disparities. The current situation with the economic and social development of the regions proves the need for investment attractiveness of regional systems as an important component of public policy at the national level. The purpose of the article is to form a methodology for diagnosing and studying the features of socio-economic development of regions at the national level, which will allow to explore regional differentiation. The results of the analysis can be used by public authorities in the practice of developing and implementing regional socio-economic programs and projects to adjust the level of regional development at the state level. Therefore, the main task of regional socio-economic policy is to increase the competitiveness of regions, strengthen and use their resource potential effectively and increase investment attractiveness. To do this, first of all, it is necessary to restructure and diversify the economy of most regions, pursue sound and consistent regional innovation policy, build and modernize regional infrastructure, introduce effective mechanisms to promote small and medium enterprises in the regions. Implementation of effective regional socio-economic policy will be possible only if joint and coordinated activities of central, regional and local authorities, which can be achieved through the introduction of an algorithm that reflects the general methodology for diagnosing and researching socio-economic development of regions at the national level. Keywords: socio-economic development, regions, national level.