FAR-EASTERN CONSTITUENT ENTITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION AND STATE SUPPORT TOOLS

Abstract

The article focuses on the socio-economic and fiscal situation of the regions situated in the far Eastern Federal district and on the measures of state federal support. The study is based on the comparative and mathematical methods, on a large amount of quantitative information analysis. The author gives the formalized assessment of changes in the position of the far Eastern Federal district against the background of other macro-regions, considers its internal regional heterogeneity using the integral index of regional socio-economic development. Author also presents characteristics of the fiscal position of the far Eastern regions in the system of intergovernmental fiscal relations and grants' allocation. The results can be used for further sophistication of regional development tools.