HUMAN CAPITAL AS A STRATEGIC INSTRUMENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The study considers the role of human capital in strategic planning of regions’ development of the Russian Federation. The problem of assessing the level of development of human capital using index calculation methods is analyzed. There is no single and effective tool that is able to comprehensively assess the level of development of human capital at the regional level within our country. However, the experience of the Agency for the Development of Human Capital in the Far East proves the opposite and illustrates its approach to measuring the level of human capital in the Far Eastern region. The author presents Statistical facts and data from world experience. The values of indicators of the Russian Federation in world ratings for the human capital index are presented according to the reports of the United Nations Development Program, the World Bank, and the World Economic Forum. The dynamics of the human development index by the leading regions and the lagging regions of the Russian Federation is considered. Based on the foregoing, relevant conclusions were drawn and recommendations were made in the field of development of human capital as a strategic tool.
Keywords: socio-economic development of the regions of the Russian Federation, experience of Russian regions, human capital, development of human capital, human capital index, human development index, investment in human capital, human development, strategic planning, strategic goals.
Highlights:
the role of human capital as a strategic tool for the socio-economic development of the regions of the Russian Federation was defined;
the places occupied by the Russian Federation in terms of development of human capital in world rankings according to reports on human capital and human development were analyzed;
the experience of Russian regions in the field of strategic planning, where human capital is one of the priority areas of socio-economic development of territories, was considered.
Regina P. Yakunina, a senior lecturer, Department of Human Resource Management, Institute of Management, Economics and Finance, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University.