Problems of socio-economic strategic planning in Privolzhsky Federal District regions
The authors of the article analyze the modern organizational, structural, methodological and informational problems of developing regional strategies in the period after the adoption of federal law № 172 «On strategic planning in the Russian Federation» and the Methodological recommendations for the development and adjustment of the strategy for socio-economic development of the subject of the Russian Federation . For this, a comparative analysis of regional strategies of the regions of the Volga Federal District was carried out. The following problems were identified: there is no single methodological approach to understanding the essence and basic elements of regional strategies; strategic documents of various types and levels are not agreed upon; long-term interests of economic agents in regional strategies are not consistent; lack of methodological support for the adaptability of targets and forecast indicators to changes in the external and internal environment; different institutional status and planning horizon of regional strategies; there is no single approach to the selection and presentation of target indicators in regional strategies; there is a problem of information support and methodological substantiation of regional strategies. The authors identified key areas for improving the information and methodological support for the development of regional strategies.