INNOVATION AS THE MAIN FACTOR OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MUNICIPALITIES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN)
The article reveals conceptual provisions of socio-economic development, explores the current stage problems of implementation of the socio-economic development concept of municipalities. The socio-economic development of municipalities is a priority in the development of the Russian Federation economic policy. The trends in the direction of socio-economic development of municipalities conducted by the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan are studied. The indicators of municipalities socio-economic development are considered. The tasks of socio-economic development are identified and justified. A number of tasks necessary for the implementation of the municipalities socio-economic development are formulated. In accordance with the guidelines of the fundamental documents adopted in the aspect of the socio-economic development, conceptual provisions formation and implementation, criteria and indicators to assess the economic, social and environmental situation at various levels of the social system have been identified. Based on the study of methodological developments of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, criteria and indicators are considered that allows us to assess the level of socio-economic development of the system. According to the data of Tatarstanstat, the volume of shipped innovative goods, work, services (million rubles) of municipal districts and urban districts of the Republic of Tatarstan for 2015-2018 is summarized and analyzed. Suggestions for improving methodological approaches to the analysis and assessment of the level of socio-economic development of the system in its various aspects are formulated