Perspective-problem analysis of socio-economic development of the western region of Ukraine

Peculiarities of transformation of the structure of the economy of cities of the Western region of Ukraine are investigated. For this purpose, the spatial concentration of economic activity in the cities of regional significance of the Western region of Ukraine, as well as the speed and intensity of transformation of the structure of their economies are analyzed. Depending on the structure of the economy of cities of regional importance in the base period and the intensity of structural changes in it during the study period, two types of studied administrative units are identified: 1) cities of regional importance, which retained the profile of economic structure; 2) cities of regional significance, which diversify the structure of the economy. The latter, in particular, include: a) cities of regional importance — industrial centers that have diversified their activities through the development of the service economy; b) cities of regional significance, which transformed the structure of the economy in the direction of industrial development; c) cities of regional significance, which, despite the multidisciplinary economic structure of the base period, increased in the following years the economic potential only in a certain sector of economic activity; d) other cities of regional significance, in particular those that have changed the vector of economic activity in the direction of development of related industries. The existence of positive trends (higher adaptability of the structure of the economy of the studied administrative units to modern conditions of socio-economic development), as well as negative trends (asymmetry of regional socio-economic development due to concentration of business activity and capital in cities of regional significance; disproportionate sectoral and spatial structural changes) economy of cities of regional importance, strengthening the mono-profile of economic development of individual cities of regional importance in the context of exacerbation of risks of economic activity) in the transformation processes of the economy of cities of regional importance.

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The peculiarities of transformation of the economy of large and medium-sized cities in the Western Region of Ukraine: a comparative analysis

Socio-Economic Problems of the Modern Period of Ukraine ◽

10.36818/2071-4653-2019-4-4 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 19-23

Author(s):

Viktor Borshchevskyy

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Structural Transformation ◽

Economic Activity ◽

Institutional Environment ◽

Urban Economy ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Spatial Localization ◽

Western Region ◽

The Western Region ◽

The City

The problems of structural changes in the economy of large and medium-sized cities of the Western region of Ukraine are investigated. Special attention is paid to the spatial localization of cities, the cultural and historical traditions of functioning of their economy, the branch specialization and institutional environment of influence on the formation of business climate and economic development as the main factors of structural transformation of urban economy. To compare the peculiarities of economy transformation in the selected for the study large and medium-sized cities of the Western region of Ukraine, the dynamics of change of individual comparable indicators of their development in 2010 - 2017 were analyzed. This primarily relates to such indicators as the volume of freight transportations, the total area of new residential buildings, the retail turnover of enterprises, the capital investments, as well as the export services and its ratio to the export of goods. Based on the analysis of the relevant data, the main tendencies of structural transformation of the economy of large and medium-sized cities of the Western region of Ukraine that were selected for the study have been identified. The mentioned structural transformation are confirmed to be occurring primarily in the direction of equalization of the branch proportions of economic development of cities, irrespective of their size. At the same time, there is a tendency to move from mono-functional to poly-functional specialization of the urban economy on the basis of accelerated growth of those types of economic activity, the potential of which has not been fully realized before. The research gave the basis for the conclusion that the size of the city is not the determinative factor for the development or decline of certain types of their economic activity. Instead, spatial localization and traditions of business culture as well as the characteristic features of the evolution of the institutional environment of the city and the quality of human capital have the primary importance.

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Literacy and Education in Contemporary China: Daunting Challenges amidst Rapid Economic Development

The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies ◽

10.22439/cjas.v32i2.4759 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 84-121

Author(s):

Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh ◽

Kah-Mun Chu

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Government Funding ◽

Government Policies ◽

Western Region ◽

Contemporary China ◽

Economic Growth And Development ◽

The Western Region ◽

The Government ◽

High Level

Education is undoubtedly playing an important role in economic development. The overall illiteracy rate in China has been decreasing since 1980 but there are still some areas such as the western region and rural areas that continue to suffer from a high level of illiteracy due to the lack of capital inflow and government funding. This has indirectly affected economic growth and development in those particular areas. The government has launched various plans and policies to overcome or ameliorate the problems of educational and economic inequality, especially in the western region, and with all these efforts the government has been able to successfully reduce illiteracy and to a certain extent reduce inequality at the regional level. However, due to funding inequalities and shortcomings of government policies, education still faces daunting challenges in contemporary China.

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The Impact of Marketization on Sustainable Economic Growth—Evidence from West China

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13073745 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. 3745

Author(s):

Tingying Chen ◽

Haitian Lu ◽

Rong Chen ◽

Lina Wu

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Economic Development ◽

Significant Role ◽

Western Region ◽

Level Indicator ◽

West China ◽

The Western Region ◽

Policy Guidance ◽

Sustainable Economic Growth ◽

The Impact

In this paper, we aim to study the relation between the marketization level in the western region of China and its economic development, and to provide policy guidance for the economic development of underdeveloped regions. Mixed methods data analysis was conducted using panel data from 82 prefecture-level cities in west China from 2003 to 2017. The overall regression results show that the level of marketization has a significant role in promoting economic growth. At the same time, regional heterogeneity analyses show that the sub-indicators of marketization have different degrees of influence on economic growth in the southwest and northwest of China, whereas the overall level indicator plays a significant role in both regions. In addition, the threshold panel model was used to test whether the influence of marketization on economic growth in the western region had interval characteristics. Through the self-sampling method, it was found that there are double thresholds. In terms of the gradual progress of the marketization level range, it shows a trend of first increasing, then decreasing and then increasing again. The results show that the level of marketization in west China has significantly promoted the economic development of the western region. Additionally, the impact of marketization on economic development in relatively backward regions is gradually increasing and surpassing that of relatively developed regions. Underdeveloped areas in west China can stimulate their advantages by continuously promoting the construction of marketization and improving the level of economic organization, so as to gradually narrow the development gap between regions.

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Study on the Coordinative Degree of Environment and Economy in China

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.347-353.2865 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 347-353 ◽

pp. 2865-2868

Author(s):

Qing Li ◽

Jian Sheng Zhang

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Development Model ◽

Positive Development ◽

Western Region ◽

Eastern Region ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

The West ◽

Development Level ◽

The Western Region ◽

Economic Development Model

By constructing the environmental and economic development model, this paper analyzed the coordinated degree on environment and the economy in 31 provinces of China. The results showed that, the differences on economy and environment are great in various regions. From the economic development level, we could see that the eastern regions were the best, the central were the better and the west were the worst. From the environment development level, we could see that the western region is the best, the east is better, and the middle is the worst. From the coordinated degree of environment and economy, the eastern region obviously were higher than that in the midwest, and the economy and environment in eastern regions formed the benign coordinated development, but the midwest fails to form a positive development situation.

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The BIZEWEST Portal

Electronic Business ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-056-1.ch085 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 1396-1400

Author(s):

Alex Pliaskin

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

State Government ◽

Western Region ◽

Development Organisation ◽

Eastern Australia ◽

The Western Region ◽

Set Up ◽

Government Grant ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

Business To Business

In June 2000, the Western Region Economic Development Organisation (WREDO), a notfor- profit organisation sponsored by the six municipalities that make up the western region of Melbourne, received a state government grant for a project to set up a business-to-business portal. The project was to create a “horizontal portal”—BIZEWEST—that would enable small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Melbourne’s west to engage in an increased number of e-commerce transactions with each other. The western region of Melbourne contains around 20,000 businesses, and is regarded as the manufacturing, transport, and distribution hub of South-eastern Australia (Tatnall, Burgess, & Singh, 2004). Traditionally, this region had encompassed much of the industry in metropolitan Melbourne.

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