Siberian projects as regional multipliers for acceleration of social and economic development

Abstract

The contemporary deep degradation of the Eastern sector of the Russian Arctic in the post-Soviet period requires solutions, as well as the expansion of the impact of the needs of Siberia and its Arctic territories on the Russian and world economic growth. This article aims to explain how the development of the Arctic can become a source of acceleration of social and economic development of Russia — a driver of development and its multiplier. This emphasizes the importance of following the principle of connectivity in the development of the Eastern sector of the Russian Arctic, when analyzing the sources of complexity the design of its development, performed by the employees of the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEIE SB RAS). The article studies the projects of integrated development of the Eastern sector of the Arctic zone of Russia, developed in 2015-2018 by the IEIE SB RAS as potential drivers and multipliers that can accelerate the social and economic development of the entire country. The author emphasizes the non-constructive focus of some researchers on the development of a narrowly understood regional perspective of the problems of developing the potential of the Russian Arctic and justifies the need for a systematic approach to its development in the context of global economic ideas. The article reveals the mental sources of the commitment of the research staff of the IEIE SB RAS to system research, to the implementation of the theory of optimal use of limited natural and economic resources in research projects. The possibility of a significant acceleration of economic growth in Siberia and Russia as a whole during the implementation of Arctic projects, provided that the priority participation of industrially developed and densely populated regions of southern Siberia. The article shows that for the formation and implementation of an effective social and economic strategy of secondary (post-industrial) transformation of the Russian society, it is not enough to specify the current and long-term objectives of the economic movement. The authors concludes that it is of fundamental importance to identify potential drivers and multipliers in their composition that can accelerate the social and economic development of the country.