Scientific and methodological provisions for the rural population life quality improvement

Issue № 5, 2023, article № 13, pages 105-113

Section: Development of rural territories

Language: Russian

Original language title: НАУЧНО-МЕТОДИЧЕСКИЕ ПОЛОЖЕНИЯ ПО ПОВЫШЕНИЮ КАЧЕСТВА ЖИЗНИ СЕЛЬСКОГО НАСЕЛЕНИЯ

Keywords: RURAL POPULATION, QUALITY OF LIFE, MECHANISMS, EMPLOYMENT, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE, SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL PROVISIONS

Abstract: The article reveals key problems in such areas of the rural economy as employment, incomes of the rural population and the infrastructure of rural areas. The main flaws of the current sectoral and intersectoral programs for the development of certain areas of the rural economy are identified. The sociological survey method was used to diagnose areas of employment and income, to identify problems and priority ways of the development of rural infrastructure, and to determine the most important for increasing of the rural population subjective life quality component types of infrastructure. Scientific and methodological provisions are also proposed to improve the mechanisms for increasing employment and incomes of the rural population, which consist in increasing the production of high-quality agricultural products and, basing on it, creating new highly productive jobs; development of the social infrastructure of the rural area, taking into account the science-based activities of local governments to attract and effectively use investment resources; creation in rural settlements a network of strongholds and agglomerations as regional centers of economic growth and points of advanced development; involvement of young people in the composition of the employed population through subsidizing internships and employment of graduates, the development of regional youth programs "Promotion of youth employment"; creation of new effective jobs, expansion of self-employment of the population, etc. Scientific and methodological provisions have been elaborated for the development of the infrastructure of rural settlements as a mechanism of the rural population life quality improvement, among which is the selection of the objective and subjective impact of infrastructure on the quality of life, the need for feedback in programs aimed at improving the quality of life, the introduction of the development of the necessary infrastructure as a separate task in the development state and departmental programs, revision of the systems of target indicators of the above programs in favor of reflecting the real state of affairs, etc.

Authors: Edrenkina Nina Mikhailovna, Lisitsin Aleksandr Evgrafovich