The Russian Federation North-West Federal District: Its Ongoing Economic and Social Development
The article has evaluated the ongoing economic development of the Russian Federation North-West Federal District (NWFD). Based on statistical indicators, the document claims that not all of the region's working population is involved in economy activity. The study has, in fact, suggested an alternative option: popular economic activity in the NWFD depends on regional social-space transformation (SST). In consequence, SST is a function of popular living conditions no less than a system of social relations. These conditions, the paper relates, are a consequence of the social environment and reflect the population's communication, interaction and participation in material production. At this stage, the commentary refocuses on the NWFD's economic system. It is a dynamic process, a complex cycle having resources, labor and social conditions. The economic system in this region (as in other global nations) has economic and social factors, traditions, industrial capacities and production norms (innovation, information development, science and education). The blueprint, in conclusion, has stressed the importance of the NWFD executing an effective economic and social development policy.