Possibilities and Prospects of Regulatory Impact on Sustainable Development of Rural Areas

The article analyzes the studies of applied scientific, theoretical and methodological aspects of solving multifaceted problems of effective functioning and sustainable development of rural areas. The concept of sustainable development of rural areas is defined, which we understand as a complex, dynamic process regulated by the state aimed at the comprehensive development of rural areas and positive changes in indicators characterizing the social, economic and environmental development of rural areas, regulating the demographic potential of rural areas as the main resource for their social reproduction in the context of depopulation. It is noted that the results of specialized studies conducted in the most developed countries on econometric models show that the internal demographic situation, the mode of population reproduction, its quantitative and qualitative composition can both stimulate and inhibit the socio-economic development of the country, affect the prospects for providing labor and implementing economic and social reforms.