RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BRANCH INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS

Priorities in terms of stabilization and dynamic upgrading of the Ural Federal District

Tatarkin А.I. Full Member of the RAS

Ekaterinburg 2010 Priorities in terms of stabilization and dynamic upgrading of the UFD

* Making large-scale social policy with high dynamics of social changes

* Accumulation of natural resource potential under advanced reproduction of the mineral base and ecological improvement * Diversification of the raw industry, restructuring and conversion of the military-industrial complex * Transport complex upgrading and integration into a unified transportation scheme of the Russian Federation * Support of innovation-institutional reformation and integration processes in the regional and municipal economy * Enhancement of business solvency, establishment of financial and credit infrastructure Strategic objectives regarding competitive behavior of the UFD

1. Actualization of geostrategic potential of the Ural Federal District (reproduction of the mineral resource base; establishment of efficient system of transportation corridors etc.) 2. Federal objectives (consistent growth of the UFD contribution in GDP of ; structural upgrading of the industrial complex through technical and technological reequipment aimed at improvement of national division of labour and interregional specialization and integration etc.) 3. Interregional (district) objectives (stimulation of development of territorial integration processes in the context of the UFD; generation of favourable regional business climate and open information environment for the purpose of strategic partnership implementation etc.) 4. Regional objectives that require state support to be accomplished (quality upgrading of the housing and utilities sector of the cities and areas of the UFD; consolidation and development of municipal organizations etc.) Complex of priority projects concerned with upgrading of the UFD economy

* Economic exhilaration of depressed regions, first of all, by way of state support of small business development in such regions; generation of favourable business climate * Establishment of industrial districts as a cooperative business class in the regional competitive environment; such a business class is supposed to bear on partnership relations of power and business in a particular territory * Support of new forms of competitive enterprise, for instance, production outsourcing, business process outsourcing etc. * Enhancement of the structure of national and foreign investment * Control of mobility of business structures. Mobility is considered as one of qualitative indicators of economic growth of the business sector, municipal entities and RF Constituent Entities * Reproduction of secondary and high-proficiency labor force, assessment of shortage and regulation programmes * Generation of favourable competitive business environment that is adequate to the post-crisis economy and specifics of a particular territory Contribution of the UFD to industrial production of the Russian Federation, according to the types of business activity, %

Types of business activity 2008 2009 2010

45.2 43.8 40.7 Mining operations Rating among 8 Federal Districts 1 1 1

12.0 11.9 12.4 Manufacturing activity Rating among 8 Federal Districts 4 4 4

Production and distribution of power, 13.0 12.7 13.2 gas and water Rating among 8 Federal Districts 3 4 3 Contribution of the Sverdlovsk region to industrial production of the UFD, according to the types of business activity, %

Types of business activity 2008 2009 2010

Mining operations 2.2 1.8 2.4 Rating among 6 RF Constituent 3 3 3 Entities of the Federal District Manufacturing activity 43.5 37.8 37.8 Rating among 6 RF Constituent 2 1 1 Entities of the Federal District Production and distribution of power, 33.5 30.8 29.8 gas and water Rating among 6 RF Constituent 1 2 2 Entities of the Federal District Mobility of companies (market entry and exit), % relative to a total number of companies

1st half year 2008 г. 2010 2007 2009 Sustainable Pre-crisis Post-crisis Crisis growth period period Russian Federation 10.2 7.8 6.5 7.0

Ural Federal District 12.9 9.1 6.7 7.3

Kurgan region 7.8 8.9 7.0 5.9

Sverdlovsk region 15.6 9.7 7.4 7.8 region (incliding Khanty‐Mansijsk Autonomous District and 9.3 8.1 5.5 7.4 Yamal‐Nenets Autonomous District) Khanty‐Mansijsk 6.7 6.9 4.4 7.6 Autonomous District Yamal‐Nenets 6.6 7.4 6.7 8.0 Autonomous District Distribution of answers to the question “What is your attitude to competition between the territories?”

Total, % Including

Authority Business Experts 2007 2010 2007 2010 2007 2010 2010

“Positive” 42.1 41.5 42.8 50.0 41.1 25.0 45.6

Rather “Positive” than “Negative” 43.3 39.0 40.2 37.5 48.1 50.0 34.8 Rather “Negative” than “Positive” 8.1 8.5 10.3 6.2 4.6 20.0 4.4

“Negative” 5.6 6.1 6.2 6.3 4.6 ‐ 8.7

No answer 0.9 4.9 0.5 ‐ 1.6 5.0 6.5

TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Contribution of the UFD to the gross regional product of the Russian Federation in 2002-2008, % 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Ural Federal District 15.3 15.4 16.0 17.1 16.5 15.2 14.1

Kurgan region 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Sverdlovsk region 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.7

Tyumen region 10.3 10.4 11.0 12.3 11.3 9.9 9.2

including: Khanty‐Mansijsk 6.3 6.7 6.8 7.8 7.1 6.2 5.6 Autonomous District Yamal‐Nenets Autonomous District 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.1

Chelyabinsk region 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.1 1.9 Sectoral structure of the gross value added in 2004-2008 (current prices, % to the total) Gross value added

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6.0 11.3 20.4 4.2 5.9 10.9 2.9 3.5 2004 3.2 5.7 9.4 1.8 2.6 2.7 39.7 17.8 5.4 12.8 20.4 3.9 5.8 10.7 2.8 3.2 2005 2.5 43.0 17.6 2.5 4.6 8.6 1.6 1.6 4.9 11.7 18.7 3.5 5.8 10.3 2.7 3.3 2006 2.6 40.6 12.0 2.3 5.3 7.7 1.6 2.3 4.4 10.6 19.7 3.4 6.3 10.1 2.7 3.4 2007 2.2 37.0 13.7 2.4 6.5 7.8 1.8 2.6 4.5 9.9 19.0 3.4 6.8 9.8 2.8 3.5 2008 2.5 35.1 13.6 2.4 7.1 7.9 1.9 2.7 RF UFD THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!