Economic Growth Factors of the Russian Far East in 2000–2007

A brief overview of the evolution of the new public policy for the development of the Russian Far East is presented. Thanks to active federal policy, the Far East macroregion became a testing ground for new mechanisms and instruments of regional development aimed at stimulating economic growth and promoting private investment. Currently, there is no other macroregion in Russia within which all the possible investment promotion policy tools and measures are in operation. An inventory of budget expenditures (including shortfalls in income) relating to the implementation of measures to stimulate economic growth and promote private investments in the Far East of Russia is conducted. The direct results of the implemented policy (the volume of attracted investments, the number of jobs created, the volume of tax payments) are summarized. Although it is still premature to talk about the high budgetary efficiency of preferential regimes in the Far East of Russia, there is a widespread opinion among the official circles about the uniqueness of the created system for supporting the investment process. This view is primarily based on the high value of the private to public investments ratio pertaining to preferential regimes in Russia’s Far East. A comparative analysis of the performance of the key macro-indicators of the Far East economy and those of the rest of the Russian Federation is carried out for two comparable periods: five years before and five years from the beginning of the implementation of the federal policy. It is concluded that the active policy of creating favourable conditions for investment in the Russian Far East is not yet transformed into the desired pace of the socio-economic dynamics. Such a dissonance with optimistic assessments of the implemented measures and instruments introduced for the development of the macroregion prompts the question of whether the goals of public policy for the development of the Far East are consistent with the means used to achieve them. The starting point for finding an answer to this question is the difference in understanding the content of the categories ‘growth’ and ‘development’

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Sustainable Development of Single-Industry Towns in Siberia and the Russian Far East: What is the Price of Regional Economic Growth?

Journal of Siberian Federal University Humanities & Social Sciences ◽

10.17516/1997-1370-0591 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 582-590

Author(s):

Yulia I. Pyzheva

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Social Consequences ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Genuine Savings ◽

Single Industry ◽

The Russian Far East

One of the most well-known and relatively easy to compute integral indicators of sustainable development is the indicator of genuine savings. In the present article the emphasis is made on the modifications of the method of genuine savings calculation for the level of municipal units on the example of single-industry towns (monotowns) of Siberia and the Russian Far East. This choice of the object of the study is conditioned by the hypothesis that it is municipalities that experience most of the environmental and social consequences of economic growth in regions. The enterprises’ reports gave rise to the database, which was then used to calculate the genuine savings values of Siberian and Far Eastern single-industry towns. The result is a new classification of single-industry towns, which includes four clusters allocated depending on the level of genuine savings, industry of specialization and population. The new approach to the classification of singleindustry towns can be used by regional and municipal authorities to form a differentiated policy for the sustainable development. The analysis of the average genuine savings of different towns by region has shown that even if the region as a whole is characterized by quite high values of genuine savings, the towns, in which there are real enterprises that yield most of the gross domestic product of the country, experience negative values of genuine savings and are often on the verge of environmental or social disaster

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Economic Development ‘Trapped’ in Economic Growth: The Case of the Russian Far East

Spatial Economics ◽

10.14530/se.2021.4.007-015 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 7-15

Author(s):

Pavel Minakir ◽

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Economic Policy ◽

Economic Development ◽

Objective Function ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Economic Dynamics ◽

Regional Economic ◽

The Difference ◽

The Russian Far East

We discuss the issue arising from the stalling of the new economic policy implemented in the Russian Far East in the context of the dichotomy between economic development and economic growth. We consider the actual difference in the economic content of these two components of the objective function of regional economic dynamics. It is demonstrated that the difference in the internal content of these two components determines, in turn, the difference in economic policy itself and determines the fact that such economic policy itself is internally contradictory. We argue that the order of ‘steps’, through which the regional economic policy is implemented, plays the key role and the final result is determined directly and clearly by the way the order of objectives set in the objective function: ‘growth and development’ or ‘development and growth’. Three waves of economic dynamics of the Far East over a 150-year period are demonstrated, and a question of whether it is possible to move on to the fourth wave is raised. We also assess the most likely outcomes of the current policy which are exaggerated development of the resource sector, stalling of the growth of endogenous aggregate demand and the inability to switch to endogenous growth, the dominance of the parameters of external and national growth over the parameters of economic growth in the region, and stagnation of the parameters of economic development in the region. We determine the main reason for the discussed outcomes: the gap between the resources that should generate development and growth, and the demand that should accumulate these resources and transform them into development results that must eventually become the basis of economic growth

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Tax debt as a threat to the economic security of the Russian Far East

Financial Analytics Science and Experience ◽

10.24891/fa.13.2.216 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 216-242

Author(s):

V.A. Yakimova ◽

A.A. Orekhova

Keyword(s):

Russian Far East ◽

Consumer Price Index ◽

Far East ◽

Federal District ◽

Economic Security ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽

Debt Collection ◽

Far Eastern ◽

The Russian Far East

Subject. The article addresses the tax liabilities of taxpayers registered in the subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District, which should be paid to the consolidated budget of the Russian Federation, as well as the factors of the said debt growth. Objectives. Our aim is to assess the level of tax debt of regions of the Russian Far East and identify the correlation between the factors and the amount of tax debt. Methods. The study rests on methods of analysis, generalization, grouping, systematization, and the correlation and regression analysis. Results. We analyzed the level of tax debt for the entire Far Eastern Federal District and by region, identified factors affecting the growth of tax debt therein. The paper assesses the structure of tax debt by type of taxes and activity of debtors. The unveiled factors may help control changes in the size of tax debt in the Russian Far East and develop effective measures to improve the debt collection. Conclusions. The study shows that there is an increase in the tax debt in the regions of the Russian Far East, in the VAT in particular. The factor analysis revealed that the volume of sales of wholesale enterprises, investment in fixed capital, the consumer price index have the largest impact on the amount of tax debt.

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New records and rare alien species in the flora of the Russian Far East

V L Komarov Memorial Lectures ◽

10.25221/kl.65.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 65 ◽

pp. 89-102

Author(s):

Z.V. Kozhevnikova ◽

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A.E. Kozhevnikov ◽

Keyword(s):

Alien Species ◽

New Records ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

The Russian Far East

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New invasive species Acanthoscelides pallidipennis (Motschulsky, 1874) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) in the fauna of the Russian Far East

Far Eastern entomologist ◽

10.25221/fee.360.4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 360 ◽

pp. 25-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A.V. Kuprin ◽

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N.A. Kolyada ◽

D.G. Kasatkin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Invasive Species ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

The Russian Far East

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ON CHROMOSOME NUMBERS IN THE GRASS FAMILY (POACEAE) IN RUSSIA, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE FAR EAST

V L Komarov Memorial Lectures ◽

10.25221/kl.68.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 68 ◽

pp. 29-64

Author(s):

N.S. Probatova ◽

Keyword(s):

Chromosome Numbers ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Grass Species ◽

Original Material ◽

Mountain Regions ◽

Grass Family ◽

The Far East ◽

The World ◽

The Russian Far East

The paper summarizes information on chromosome numbers (CNs) of the Grass species (Poaceae) in the flora of Russian Federation, obtained on the original material, most part - from the Russian Far East (RFE). In some species the CNs are known in Russia or in the world only from RFE, in some – from one locality or few, or from one subregion of RFE. The grass species in RFE often occur in mountain regions and near seacoasts; some species are endemics, some were studied near the limits of their geographical distribution areas. The diversity of CNs, the special features of the CNs distribution in some grass groups are discussed. The alien species are abundant in RFE, and their CNs are also involved in the study. For karyologically polymorphous species further studies are needed.

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