SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS: STRATEGY AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK (UKRAINIAN CASE)

The algorithm for determining the priority of solving problems of rural development on the example of the whole of Ukraine, taking into account the economic, social and environmental components are investigated in this article. Calculations based on econometric modelling of the current state of functioning of rural areas were the methodological basis for the study of this work. A specific system of evaluation of selected indicators was used as a tool for analysis. The results helped to establish a certain typology of rural areas according to the level of their development and to group the solution of their development problems into three components: economic, social and environmental. Elements of the organizational and economic mechanism for regulating the development of rural areas have been developed based on these results, which provides for measures in the areas of software, regulatory and legal support.