Methodological pattern for assessing economic and social results of the development of recovery areas (the case of territorial communities of Donetska oblast)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the substantiation of the methodological pattern for assessing the economic and social results of the development of recovery areas and its testing on the example of territorial communities of Donetska oblast. The authors propose a pool of indicators reflecting the key economic and social results of the development of these territories in the context of the war, which either have a normative value or are compared with the average indicator calculated on the basis of determining the maximum and minimum values. Publicly available economic indicators of the methodological pattern for assessing the economic and social results of the development of recovery areas include revenues, expenditures, communities, budget deficit/surplus, general fund revenues, the share of local taxes and fees, and land fees. Social indicators include: the number of people permanently residing in the territory of the territorial community, the number of internally displaced persons in the territory of the territorial community, and the number of pupils in general secondary education institutions. According to the current regulatory legal acts, the following indicators have a normative value: the number of population permanently residing on the territory of a territorial community, the number of pupils of general secondary education institutions, the number of internally displaced persons on the territory of a territorial community, and the share of local taxes and fees in the community’s income. The article presents a decomposition of the share of local taxes and fees in the total budget revenues in the context of territorial communities of Donetska oblast. Based on the results of the assessment of the socio-economic results of the development of territorial communities in Donetska oblast, the article emphasizes that in the conditions of war, some areas of recovery manage to revive their socio-economic potential faster. Kramatorsk city territorial community, the regional centre of Donetska oblast, is singled out as the undisputed leader. Andriyivka, Kryvorizhzhya, Shahove, and Komar communities are among the outsiders of socio-economic recovery, which necessitates increased attention to them by the state and local authorities, and the development of effective proposals to improve the results of the development of these territories in wartime and peacetime.