SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DIFFERENTIATION OF REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

In the context of the regionalization of the economy and globalization of world markets of goods and services the regions act as independent subjects of competition. In the market conditions regions competing with each other for investment resources (public, private and foreign), attracting businesses, taxpayers, as well as all sources of resources and markets. In article basic indicators of social and economic development of regions of Kazakhstan are analyzed, methodological approaches to measurement of regional competitiveness by calculation of traditional indicators and integrated indicators are systematized. Negative consequences of the advancing development of raw sector which are reduced to the following are revealed: social and economic differentiation of regions increases; there is an exhaustion of a source of raw materials.The advancing development of raw sector leads to emergence of the problem non-oil regions which are characterized by rather low level of the real monetary income of the population, low budgetary supply at the expense of own sources of the income.

region, competitiveness, socio-economic status, gross regional product, regional development