ACTUAL PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN REGIONS OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
The work is aimed at identifying urgent problems and prospects for sustainable and balanced development of the southern regions of the Kyrgyz Republic based on the highly efficient use of local resources. Evaluation is carried out in three aspects. First aspect: sustainability assessment. Sustainability is considered from the standpoint of environmental protection and is assessed using the following indicators. The second aspect: the assessment of balance, which is interpreted as the uniformity of the level of socio-economic development of the regions. The gross regional product per capita acts as an estimated indicator. The assessment of the balance of this indicator is carried out using the method of analysis of variation. Third aspect: assessment of the use of local resources of the following key types. The assessment is based on the latest data available from official statistics of the Kyrgyz Republic - for 2018.