Development of social infrastructure in the Russian regions

Abstract

The paper describes the study of the social infrastructure state in some Russian regions. Currently, social infrastructure is considered as a factor in the development of society and the economy of a territory. It is focused, on the one hand, on meeting the needs of an individual in education, maintaining health, comfortable living, and on the other, on solving socially significant problems related to the development of human capital, modernization of production, increasing labor productivity, attracting investment in the region’s economy and etc. In this regard, the study of a territory infrastructure by the example of Russian regions seems relevant at the moment. Through the use of a group of methods (integral evaluation, ranking, classification, etc.) an assessment was carried out and analysis of social infrastructure and its individual sectors (preschool, school, and vocational training; health, science, housing and communal services) in some regions of Russia was performed. According to the results of the study, three groups of regions were identified with high, satisfactory and low levels of social infrastructure development. For each group of regions, tools were proposed that could improve the state of social infrastructure for the benefit of the population, including public-private partnerships in implementing infrastructure projects.