An Integrated Approach to Assessing the Factors Influencing the Balanced Development of the Region

The article considers the problem of choosing significant factors for monitoring the balance of regional devel-opment, and also specifies the classification of factors causing imbalances in socio-economic regional devel-opment to diagnose the level of development of the region. It is concluded that the prospects for ensuring bal-anced spatial development depend on solving issues related to equalizing the imbalances of territorial devel-opment, ensuring a balance between economic, social and environmental development. The authors noted that the model of interaction “state-society-business” helps to take into account the needs and interests of vari-ous groups. The author’s approach to the classification of factors combined into blocks relevant for use in as-sessing the balance of regional development, taking into account the prevailing imbalances, is proposed. The blocks of factors are highlighted: economic, socio-infrastructural, socio-cultural, scientific and educational, in-novative and technological, environmental, political and legal, sociodemographic, international. The conclusion is made about the importance of a comprehensive analysis of factors to achieve a balanced development of the region.