MODELLING OF PRIORITIES OF INVESTMENT INTO DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL TERRITORIES OF THE PENZA REGION 

Kovalenko Elena Georgiyevnа, doctor of economical sciences, professor, head of sub-department of public and municipal administration, National Research Mordovia State University named after N. P. Ogarev (68 Bol'shevistskaya street, Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, Russia), Е-mail: kovelena13@mail.ru
Pronina Yulija Yurjevna, сandidate of economical sciences, аssociate professor, sub-department of management and economic security, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), Е-mail: chastuhina@mail.ru
Knyazkina Albina Aleksandrovna, senior teacher, sub-department of management and economic security, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), Е-mail: albinakna@ yandex.ru 

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10.21685/2227-8486-2020-1-5 

Subject and goals. Preservation, updating and improvement of rural territories is one of essential components of modern agrarian policy. The relevance of this direction amplifies the fact that rural territories define not only a state and dynamics of agricultural production, but also the demographic, spatial, geopolitical, national and cultural making development countries. The investments into rural development which are carried out in the priority directions which are defined by evidence-based methods become the main mechanism of preservation and development of rural territories.
Methods. Research tasks were realized by application of the following scientific methods: scientific abstraction, functional and statistical analysis, graphics, Delfi method, strategic targeting. This scientific basis allowed to compare importance of problems of rural development with the priority directions of investment into rural territories.
Results and conclusions. The analysis of strategic problems of the Penza region revealed the most important problems of development of rural territories of the Penza region in the sphere of quality of life of villagers, their welfare, security with infrastructure, business environments and to correlate them to the priority directions of investment. The main directions of investment into development of rural territories have to concern questions of stimulation of agrobusiness, including small, grant support of the organizations implementing social programs in the village, construction of a road network, agroscience and technology parks, investments in sociocultural an endowment – and business projects. 

rural territories, investment, strategic priorities, framework, sociocultural projects, strategic imperative