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Regional Economics: Theory and Practice
 

The human development index in Russia: analysis and prospects

Vol. 13, Iss. 22, JUNE 2015

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Available online: 16 June 2015

Subject Heading: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONS

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Pages: 53-62

Efimova L.A. Russian State Agrarian University, Moscow, Russian Federation
efimova@timacad.ru

Importance The article deals with the problems of assessing the trends and justifies the level of human development.
     Objectives The aims of the paper are to assess the current state of and rationale for the development prospects of the indicators included in the human development index in the Russian Federation.
     Methods A theoretical basis of the study was the work of domestic and foreign scientists, and regulatory documents. An information base are the annual human development reports, materials of the Russian Federal State Statistics Service and monitoring of the social and labor sphere in Russian regions.
     Results The paper considers the indicators to justify the priority of human development programs in the future of any State (indices of longevity, education and standard of living). It overviews the research on economic development based on the indicator of gross domestic product and economic growth to promote the social progress.
     Conclusions and Relevance The paper concludes that the development of the Russian economy is due to the achievement of the level of education and healthcare through public policy to increase resources to address social issues at all levels of Government. In addition, it shows that the amount of the country's GDP per capita has an effect on human development, education affects the life expectancy and education costs have an impact on the literacy rate.

Keywords: gross domestic product, per capita, purchasing power, parity, education, healthcare, longevity index, index, living standard, human development, turnaround plan

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