Verification of State Programs of Geographically-Distributed Economic Systems

Topic. A new phenomenon - global hyper-competition - has appeared; fighting it requires consolidation of all resources of the national economic system. As a result, the role of the state and public authorities in regulation of economy and managing the development of economic processes grows, which requires reconsideration of the tools of state economic policy and inclusion of project and program-targeted approaches, oriented at guarantees of goals of development. Solving the development tasks requires from public authorities bodies conducting the justified, rational, and effective managerial activities aimed at adaptive overcoming of emerging complications and operative adaptation of management mechanisms to the changing situation. Thus, traditional methods of forecasting, planning, and monitoring of economy's functioning go to the background, giving way to more adaptable and thus more efficient methods of management -program-targeted planning and project management - which are built with the usage of the indicative approach. Purpose/Tasks. The purpose of the research is theoretical and practical application and improvement of the tools of planning and management of economic processes in Russia. According to the set goal, the following tasks are solved in the article: evaluation of the modern state planning of socio-economic development of territories, creation of a vertical of state programs by the example of a subject of the federation, and verification of the working programs of planning. Methodology. The authors use the method of statistical analysis, financial analysis, horizontal and vertical analysis, and graphical analysis for evaluating the developed state programs and their coordination. Results. The system of program-targeted planning of socio-economic development and strategic management in the conditions of the growing role of regions requires from public authorities larger attention to systematization of the used strategic plans and target programs, evaluation of their influence on the level of socio-economic development, monitoring, and further correction of target indicators. Conclusions/Implications. The value of the work is that evaluation of applicability and coordination of state programs of socio-economic development allows correcting future directions of development of geographically-distributed economic systems.