The State of the Infrastructure Environment as a Determining Factor of Heterogeneity in the Development of the Regions of Russia

Department of Commerce and Logistics, Rostov State University of Economics (RINH), 344002, B. Sadovaya Str., 69, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

^* Corresponding author: gbp@list.ru

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issues of heterogeneity in the development of the infrastructure environment of macro-regional economic systems (federal districts) and their regions. An assessment of the state and effectiveness of the infrastructure environment in macro-regions and regions of the Russian Federation is made, it is concluded that interregional heterogeneity in the provision of physical infrastructure and its state affects the functioning and development of both regional economic systems and the economic system of the state as a whole. It is emphasized that the priority of state policy in the development of the infrastructure environment of regions - leaders leads to the migration of labor to these regions, increases the burden on their budgets, further enhances asymmetric regional development, and contributes to the growth of social tension in regions with an insufficient and degrading infrastructure environment. The article presents data on per capita financing for the development of infrastructure of leading regions and outsider regions, the level of infrastructure development in the regional context. The authors propose to use such promising mechanisms as bonds and infrastructure crowdfunding to finance the development of infrastructure of leading regions.