Economic development of Eastern European countries (оn the example of Ukraine): regional aspect
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2018
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Izdevnieciba «Baltija Punlishing»256-0742
Abstract
. Research background. Modern trends in world politics and international relations dictate new schemes
for establishing links between regions and encourage states to constantly improve them. One such form is
economic cooperation between regions, whose development strategies are gradually being introduced in
countries around the world. Since Ukraine signed an association agreement with the European Union, in most
economic and legal issues it relies on the experience of the European countries. In addition, worthy of attention
is the analysis of the current state of the regional development in Ukraine and on its basis the formation of the
basic principles for interregional cooperation. Such experience and identifying main economic trends in the
formation of economic cooperation between different regions can help Ukraine to introduce this process in
practical terms and possibly avoid the most popular problems in this area. Purpose of the article. The provisions
of the article provide a systematic estimation of the regional development of Ukraine based on the calculation
of the Spearman coefficient from 2006 to 2016. On the basis of these calculations, the main preconditions for the
economic development of interregional cooperation are analysed and the basic principles of such cooperation
for the regions of Ukraine are formed. Methodology/methods. This work is based on the generalization of the
official methodological information of the following Ukrainian regions that are the most interested for the
economic foundations of the interregional development. Ukraine has a new decentralization reform for the
regions, which will be able to give impetus to the economic development and increase the effectiveness of the
interregional ties. Nevertheless, since this process is quite new for our country, it is critically important to study
foreign experience in this field. In the future, as a result of such studies, it would be possible to develop economic
and legal mechanisms for introducing the best world practices in the Ukrainian legal field. Value/originality.
The provisions of the article solve an important theoretical and practical task – firstly for Ukraine – contribute to
the formation of the interregional cooperation institution since by this time there is no unanimous opinion on the
legislative level or on the scientific one. It seems possible, through such studies, to create the real mechanisms for
the regional development in Ukraine and their cooperation with each other. Most Ukrainian and world economists
view the development of the regions as such in themselves, no one examines it through the prism of economic
development of interregional cooperation. We support and use this approach, because it is very important, as it
provides an opportunity to comprehensively analyse the current state of the meso-level in Ukraine. For the first
time in Ukraine, the results of the formation development at the regional level in the context of interregional
cooperation are presented in the detailed description that could give the opportunity to Ukrainian economists
for the next step in this scientific field. Practical implications. The results of this article will form the basis for the
assistance to various regions in Ukraine in the matter of strategic planning and their cooperation since no clear
and detailed actions for them have yet been recorded. In addition, this work is relevant for representatives of
state authorities and scientists who deal with issues of the regional economy because no one in Ukraine has ever
considered these issues in the context of interregional cooperation.
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Keywords
regional economy development, regions, interregional cooperation
Citation
Sieriebriak K. Economic development of Eastern European countries (оn the example of Ukraine): regional aspect / Kseniia Sieriebriak, Oleksandra Melnykova // Baltic Journal of Economic Studies. – 2018. – Vol. 4, № 4. – P. 306–314.