UDC 332:(332.1):(339.5); JEL O18, R11
Prytula, Kh. (2018). Efektyvnist' strukturnoyi transformatsiyi ekonomichnoho seredovyshcha prykordonnykh rehioniv [Efficiency of structural transformation of the economic environment of border regions]. In Sotsial'no-ekonomichni problemy suchasnoho periodu Ukrayiny [Socio-Economic Problems of the Modern Period of Ukraine]: Vol. 129 (1) (pp. 109-115). Retrieved from http://ird.gov.ua/sep/doi/sep2018.01.115. [in Ukrainian].
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Authors



Prytula Khrystyna Myroslavivna

Doctor of Economics, Senior Researcher

Acting Head of Sector of the Sector of transborder cooperation of the Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of NAS of Ukraine

Contacts: khrystynka.prytula@gmail.com, khrystynka_p@hotmail.com

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Resume

The peculiarities of the transformation of the economic environment of the border regions based on the analysis of changes in the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of its structural elements in the context of deepening of the European integration processes are investigated. The problems and directions of social and economic development of the border regions in the conditions of liberalization of the cross-border movement of goods and services, persons, capital between Ukraine and the EU are outlined. In general, monitoring the development of border areas adjacent to EU member states has shown a significant lag of their socio-economic development in comparison with the rest of the country’s regions. Increasing the transparency of borders, the attractiveness of foreign labor markets and educational services are factors that intensify the processes of outflow of skilled labor and youth in the border regions of neighboring countries. At the same time, they have additional competitive advantages related to the opportunities offered by the implementation of cross-border cooperation, which is intended to become an important instrument for the implementation of the state regional policy precisely at the border areas. Proximity to markets and the coherence of the spatial development of cross-border regions with the participation of Ukrainian regions are those competitive advantages that allow attracting foreign investors to invest in the economy of the border regions. However, EU member states are not very active in investing in the territory of the border regions of Ukraine. The exception is the Republic of Poland, whose share of investments is significant in the economy of Lviv, Volyn and Transcarpathian regions. Despite territorial proximity, Romania does not consider the border areas of Ukraine as attractive in terms of investment. Accordingly, the share of Romanian investments in the economy of Ivano-Frankivsk oblast in recent years ranges from 0.2-0.3%, Chernivtsi region – 0.1%, Odesa – 4-6%. The low investment activity of investors from neighboring EU Member States (primarily Romania, Slovakia and Hungary) in increasing investment in the territory of the border regions of the country necessitates the activation of the work of local authorities, chambers of commerce and industry, etc., in establishing closer contacts, developing joint investment projects, organization of business missions, search for new forms of entrepreneurship development in the common cross-border area, coordination of activities on spatial organization of the economy adjacent territories. Despite the borderline location and available opportunities for the intensification of foreign economic activity, the economy of the border areas (with the exception of the Transcarpathian region) is less open compared to other regions of Ukraine. The analysis of foreign economic activity of the border regions allowed to reveal the changing tendencies in the use of possibilities of cross-border cooperation in the light of the deepening of European integration processes.

Keywords:

border regions, structural transformation, economic environment, state regional policy

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