Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (May 2015)

Sustainable development and modernization of the economy of rural areas in Russia

  • Evgeny Zhirnel,
  • Lyubov Kulakova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17076/reg82i
Journal volume & issue
no. 3
pp. 35 – 44

Abstract

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The article deals with the issues of sustainable development of rural areas in Russia and directions for the modernization of the rural economy. The changes in the functions of rural areas in terms of the demographic crisis and economic restructuring are shown in the paper. The article contains an analysis of the potential development of the rural areas. The possible directions of the state policy in the field of rural entrepreneurship are presented in the article.

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