METHODOLOGICAL BASIS FOR ESTIMATION OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DISPARITIES
The author analyzes the issues related with the national economy development in the present-day Russia, highlights the types of regional stratification, defines the basic approaches for assessing inter-regional disparities, provides the classification of the various regions in Russia, recommends the methods for assessment of regional development imbalances, presents the measures necessary to overcome the inefficient usage of the socio-economic potential of the Russian regions.