ASSESSMENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE LENINGRAD REGION: PROBLEMS OF BALANCED DEVELOPMENT

The article presents a methodology for assessing the level of economic and social development of municipalities of the Leningrad region, including a list of the most important indicators characterizing the economic and social development of municipalities and the results of calculating the dynamics of general indicators of economic and social sector development levels in 18 municipalities of the Leningrad Region for the period 2015–2022. It is demonstrated that there is a contradiction between the dynamics of economic and social development in the municipalities of the Leningrad region, characterized by an imbalance of socio-economic development. An important task is to further investigate the problem of the discrepancy between economic growth and the development of the social sphere as well as to ensure a balanced development of municipalities.