Socio-economic digitalisation development in the Volga federal district regions of Russia

Abstract

Competent and effective management of the processes of digitalisation of socio-economic development of regions requires the development of system-integrated monitoring methods designed to track key spheres of social life. The assessment of the level of digital transformation of territories is the main means of this monitoring. This article proposes the author's methodology for calculating the integral index of the level of digitalisation of socio-economic development of the subjects of the Russian Federation. The object of the study is the process of digitalisation of the Volga Federal District of the Russian Federation. The proposed methodology can be applied to annual monitoring of digitalisation of Russian regions in three key areas. The findings allow us to assess the degree of progress and changes in the digitalisation of the regions over certain periods of time. This methodology can serve as an important tool for identifying achievements and shortcomings in the development of digital technologies in the socio-economic sphere.