Theoretical and methodological approaches to assessing the socio-economic system of the region: human-centered aspect

Introduction. The relevance of studying the assessment of the level of socio-economic development of regions is associated with a changing world, a change of generations, paradigms, and, therefore, methods for assessing the level of development of the territory. Digitalization processes that are rapidly penetrating into all spheres of life; the demand of the population to accelerate the exchange of information, to increase the quality of life and the quality of goods and services received due to the growing needs – all this is important to take into account when developing the methodology for assessing the region. Currently, active attention is paid to the development of the social sphere, as well as attention to a person not as a unit, only generating income, but to a person as a person with an inner world, character, individual needs. Therefore, theories based on the growth of human capital, a human-centered approach are actively developing today. In a rapidly changing environment, taking into account the digital transformation of society and the introduction of neurotechnologies in the development and management of the region, this topic requires in-depth analysis, in particular, the study of foreign approaches to assessing the level of development of the socio-economic system.

Purpose. Systematization of Russian and foreign methodological approaches to the assessment of the socio-economic system of the region.

Materials and methods. The study was carried out using basic scientific methods of theoretical knowledge: theoretical analysis of methodologies for assessing the level of socio-economic development of the region, synthesis and generalization of the studied material to identify key aspects of domestic and foreign methodologies for assessing regional development.

Results and Conclusions. Systematization of the methodological approaches of Russian and foreign scientists to assessing the level of the socio-economic system of the region was carried out with an emphasis on a human-centered approach to the balanced development of the region. Each of these approaches offers unique perspectives on factors that determine differences in assessing the level of resilience and human-centric development of a region. An important emphasis of domestic and foreign practice in the formation of the methodology for assessing the region is the indicators of the digital transformation of the region and the peculiarities of the change of generations. Understanding these approaches allows us to further analyze the causes and consequences of differentiation of regions according to the level of socio-economic development.

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