Strategic planning in rural settlements of Russia
The results of the study carried out in 2019 in Leontief Center aimed at studying the strategic planning at the level of rural settlements of Russia were considered. The database is made of 437 strategy of social and economic development of the rural settlements registered in the State information system “Upravlenie” on 6.08.2019. Process of distribution of practice of strategic planning at the level of the rural settlement during 2007-2019 is shown, distribution of all rural settlements having strategy on 17 regions is analyzed. It is revealed that the vast majority of strategy of rural settlements (84.2%) are developed in three regions - Lipetsk, Irkutsk and Voronezh. It is revealed that in general rural settlements are engaged in development of strategy only when pressure from the level of the territorial subject of the federation and the municipal district is put upon them. Studying of texts of several tens rural strategy showed that as a result of such campaigns the majority of strategy are same, sample, poorly considering specifics of the settlement. The usefulness from such developments is doubtful. Rural settlements where there is real progress in development, have no official strategy. And sat down the having strategy, in weight almost do not differ in sense of success from not having. Nevertheless, development of strategy can be useful if it is conducted creatively, with real participation of local community.