The Social Sphere And Investment Potential In Rural Areas

Abstract

Currently, rural areas of the country are characterized by socio-economic decline and low investment potential. One of the significant factors hindering the active development of agricultural production in the agricultural territories of Russia is a generally low standard of living and the development of the social sphere. The current situation is characterized by significant differentiation and an overall low degree of accessibility for the population of basic elements of social infrastructures, such as education and health care. During the study, the impact of the infrastructure of the education and health care sectors in rural areas on the prospects for increasing local investment activity and the development of agribusiness was assessed through the analysis of their key characteristics as conditions for attracting human resources that determine the level of investment potential of the territories. It has been established that the current situation in the field of the formation of the social infrastructure of the village is unfavorable and continues to deteriorate, which creates threats that contribute to the leveling of success in the development of agribusiness in Russia, due to the low investment potential of these territories. At this stage, it is important to create all the conditions to attract investment in rural areas, where one of the key roles is played by the state as a regulator and a guarantee of access to social benefits for the population.