Approach to typologization of territories by the level of investment potential using methods of cluster analysis (on the example of the constituent entities of the Far Eastern macroregion)

¹ Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ufa Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia
² Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

^* Corresponding author: penchukav@yandex.ru

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of improving the sustainability of social and economic development of the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD). The possibilities and limitations of the most well-known approaches and methodologies for assessing the investment climate are considered. It is argued that imperfect approaches to the assessment of investment potential of regions, as well as the shortcomings of strategic planning system for the development of Russian macro-regions, lead to the fact that the state applies the same management decisions to the constituent entities that differ significantly in social and economic potential. The results of the assessment of the investment potential of the FEFD are presented. The need to clarify the used assessment algorithms based on specific factors and conditions of development of certain groups of territories is substantiated. Using the methods of cluster analysis, the typology of the regions of the FEFD was carried out, and the peculiarities of realization of investment potential within 3 clusters of territories were highlighted. The article proposes a differentiated approach to the assessment of investment opportunities of regions, focused on the maximum use of accumulated socio-economic potential for developed regions and the development of priority measures of state support for regions with a limited resource of self-development.