Bìznes Inform (Apr 2017)
The Statistical Evaluation of Regularities in Formation of the Investment Attractiveness of Ukrainian Regions
Abstract
In the article the methodical approach to calculation of the territorial indices of potential and efficiency of investment is suggested, based on the adapted international methods of the UN Conference on trade and development (UNCTAD), which helped to identify the most and the least attractive regions of Ukraine in terms of investment potential. The article identifies 23 indicators for the regional level, grouped into five basic factors: attractiveness of market; price and quality of the labor force; availability of the necessary infrastructure; availability of natural resources, safety of investment activity. The calculations of indices of potential of the investment attractiveness and ranking of regions of Ukraine by the allocated five factors have led to the conclusion that in 2013 and 2015 first place in the overall evaluation was occupied by the Dnipropetrovsk region and the last place – by the Volyn region.
