The Impact of International Cooperation on the Socio-Economic Development of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone

Abstract

The article is aimed at theoretical substantiating and analyzing of the international cooperation, development of practical proposals on improvement of the international cooperation and influence on the status and socio-economic development of the Chornobyl exclusion zone. As a result of the research, the international projects concerning the economic development and status of the Chornobyl zone are indicated and the dynamics of indicators of socio-economic development are analyzed. Further potential prospects of development are determined. The basic directions of optimization of development together with attraction of investments in the region are proposed. The necessity of sanation and return of agricultural lands to production use and continuation of socio-economic rehabilitation of the region is the conclusion drawn. Prospect for further researches in this direction is substantiation of possible variants of activation of the investment attractiveness of the ecologically depressed region.

Keywords

• international cooperation
• investments
• cooperation project
• renewable energy
• socio-economic development
• international organization