“…What are the causes of this gap and what methods and tools should be used to tackle this problem? Note that this issue is relevant not only for this district, but also for Russia as a whole, since the effective promotion of the national economy on an innovative way will be possible only due to the reduction in the level of differentiation of social and economic development of the territories (Davydov A.A., 2014, Mingaleva Z., Mirskikh I., 2014 North Caucasian Federal District has a favorable geographical position and favorable conditions for the development of agriculture, tourism, health resort industry, electric power, mining and manufacturing sectors of the industry, as well as the developed transit functions. Despite these virtues, its absolute benefits still remain unfulfilled, because the district still does not have the investment attractiveness due to the unstable social, political and economic situation.…”