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Research on the Issues of Economic Growth Centres' Establishment In Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences 2020 13(11): 1736–1745 DOI: 10.17516/1997-1370-0679 УДК 332.142 Research on the Issues of Economic Growth Centres’ Establishment in the South of the Angara-Yenisei Macroregion Elena A. Bryukhanovaa, Valery S. Efimovb and Nikolay G. Shishatsky*a aInstitute of Economics and Industrial Engineering of SB RAS Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation bSiberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation Received 29.06.2020, received in revised form 29.08.2020, accepted 09.11.2020 Abstract. The article considers the peculiarities and conditions for the implementation of large investment projects and the possibility of forming regional centres for promising economic growth on this basis. The authors have analysed large investment projects aimed at developing the mineral and raw materials sector in the southern regions of the Angara-Yenisei macroregion, and assessed the impact of projects on indicators of socio- economic development of territories. The article shows that the project approach aimed at implementing individual investment projects and creating growth points in the mineral and raw materials sector should be supplemented by measures aimed at developing the territorial infrastructure, stimulating small and medium-sized businesses and improving all aspects of life support for the population. Keywords: Angara-Yenisei macroregion, centre for promising economic growth, clusters, large investment project, integrated socio-economic development. The reported study was funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Government of Krasnoyarsk Territory, Krasnoyarsk Regional Fund of Science, project number 19- 410-240003 “Substantiation of the priorities of the accelerated social and economic development of regions of the Yenisei Siberia (on the example of the southern territories of Krasnoyarsk Krai, the Republic of Khakassia and the Republic of Tyva)”. Research area: economics. Citation: Bryukhanova, E.A., Efimov, V.S., Shishatsky, N.G.(2020). Research on the issues of economic growth centres’ establishment in the south of the Angara-Yenisei macroregion. J. Sib. Fed. Univ. Humanit. Soc. Sci., 13(11), 1736–1745. DOI: 10.17516/1997-1370-0679. © Siberian Federal University. All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] ORCID: 0000–0002–0768–4770 (Bryukhanova); 0000–0001–8256–5512 (Shishatskiy) – 1736 – Elena A. Bryukhanova, Valery S. Efimov… Research on the Issues of Economic Growth Centres’ Establishment… Introduction Theoretical framework The raw material orientation of industry Consideration of the problems of spatial and export is one of the main disadvantages of economic development should be linked with the modern economic development of Russia. such theoretical concepts as the theory of eco- At the same time, it is the raw materials indus- nomic space organization (Losch, 1959), the tries, in combination with the necessary trans- theory of functions and location of human port, energy and social infrastructure, that cre- settlement system (central places) (Christaller, ate favourable opportunities for the formation 1933), the theory of spatial diffusion of inno- of new centres and points of economic growth vations (Hägerstrand, 1985), the centre-pe- in a number of regions of the country, primarily ripheral paradigm of D. Friedman (Friedman, in Siberia and the Far East. 1966), the theory of growth poles by F. Perroux The features of the potential and growth (Perroux, 1954); concept of social determina- factors of the Siberian and Eastern regions tion of market relations by K. Polanyi (Polanyi, determine the choice of a package of strategic 1944), paradigms of “basic cities” and “market projects that implement the priorities of their rooting” (Engelen et al., 2017; Thompson et al., economic development. If in the regions of the 2020). Important in studying the prospects for European part of Russia one can count on an spatial economic development are the work of inflow of private investment in a wide variety the Soviet economists-geographers N.N. Baran- of industries (directed toward both to the do- sky, N.N. Kolosovsky, M.K. Bandman et al. on mestic and foreign markets), then in the regions the theoretical issues of the location of produc- of the Asian part of the country the spectrum tion and the creation of territorial production of possible industries is much narrower. These complexes (Bandman, 1990; Bandman et al., include, first of all, the development of natural 2000); as well as the economists N.N. Nekras- resources. ov, A.G. Granberg (Granberg, 1985) et al. on The most important factor constraining the methodological issues of regional econom- the economic development of the resource re- ics, the research by the Council for the Study gions of the country as a whole and the imple- of Productive Forces, the Institute of Regional mentation of existing large-scale investment Economy Problems of the Russian Academy of projects in particular is the insufficient level Sciences, the Institute of Economics of the Ural of development of transport and energy infra- Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, structure, as well as the weak integration of ex- the Institute of Economics and Industrial En- tractive industries into value chains based on gineering of the SB RAS (Resursnye regiony..., deep processing of the extracted raw materials. 2017), etc. In many respects, it is for this reason that In theoretical terms, we should note a cer- most of the regional points of growth and so- tain disunity of research on the above range of cio-economic development outlined by the issues. The problem of integration and develop- constituent entities of the Russian Federation ment of districts and regions of Siberia on the have not yet been supported either by the state basis of the formation of interregional and in- or by business. Federal infrastructure facilities terbranch industrial clusters has not been raised that were completed and started by the state in the scientific community of the country as a (together with business) often do not provide big all-Siberian and even all-Russian problem the declared efficiency. in the last decades. Therefore, many valuable A fundamental scientific problem is the scientific data and results related to this prob- development of approaches to optimizing the lem are still in a scattered and non-systematic scheme of interaction of various stakeholders form, do not add up to a single whole picture, (federal, regional, local government bodies and explained by a logical and harmonious theory private investors) in the implementation of in- and supported by quantitative estimates. terregional investment projects, taking into ac- Practical actions undertaken at the level of count the balance of interests and risks in the individual districts are not sufficiently system- long term. ic; as a rule, they solve narrow sectoral prob- – 1737 – Elena A. Bryukhanova, Valery S. Efimov… Research on the Issues of Economic Growth Centres’ Establishment… lems and local regional problems, seldom take The implementation of these unique inte- into account the multiplicative general eco- grating projects will increase the transport ac- nomic and social effect, which manifests itself cessibility and commercial attractiveness of the at the level of inter-sectoral and inter-regional development of fuel and energy (oil, gas, coal) cooperation. and various mineral resources (copper and nickel ores, gold, rare earths, iron ores and oth- Problem statement er deposits) located in the zone of influence of The Angara-Yenisei macroregion (AYR)1 transport and energy infrastructure (Table 2). is a typical Siberian region of the resource type. Favourable factors for the formation and By now, a certain system of territorial-produc- implementation of a package of large invest- tion clusters (TPC) has already partially formed ment projects of the Sayan TPC are: here, and its development can be predicted. – the presence of the largest companies Along with the developed (Central-Kras- in the mineral resources sector in the region, noyarsk, Irkutsk-Cheremkhovsky TPC), this which can potentially become leaders in cluster system highlights developing, emerging and formations and determine the long-term strat- projected (conceptual) territorial clusters, egy of the regional economic system (Norilsk mainly specializing in the extraction, produc- Nickel, Rusal, SUEK, etc.); tion and deep processing of fuel and energy, – the interest of the state in the imple- mineral raw materials and forest resources mentation of the complex investment project (Shishatsky, 2014). “Yenisey Siberia”3; The most promising among them are the – the interest of the regions (Krasno- Sayan (Khakass-Minusinsky and Kyzyl-Kur- yarsk Krai, the Republic of Tuva and the Re- aginsky) TPCs located in the southern part of public of Khakassia) in the integration of the the Angara-Yenisei macro region2 (Table 1). socio-economic development of their territo- Large infrastructure projects can be the ries4; integrating basis for the formation of the Sayan – the creation of an interregional Yenisey territorial-production clusters, namely the Ele- Siberia Development Corporation5. gest-Kyzyl-Kuragino railway (from Kyzyl the The implementation of large-scale invest- road can be extended to Western Mongolia ment projects is characterized by a high share to Urumchi and further to China – Pakistan, of innovation and development costs and high India), an increased
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