Assessment of economic dynamism in the regions of Lithuania/Lietuvos regionu ekonominio dinamiskumo vertinimas

• Published in: Science future of Lithuania 2011-06, Vol.3 (4), p.76
• Main Author: Gedminaite-Raudone, Zivile
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Demographic aspects; Economic aspects; Economic policy; Evaluation; Sparsely populated areas
• ISSN: 2029-2341
• DOI: 10.3846/mla.2001.073

Competiveness of regions is one of the most important policies formulating regional policy. The new focus on the specific features of the region and its competiveness encourages using the regional policy measures reflective of broader conception of the rural countryside. The new rural policy targeting and monitoring needs for typologies taking into account the diversity of rural regions. While creating region typologies for policy goals, it was essential to find new criteria and indicators for the measurement of the rural region's economic potential. The economic dynamism becomes an important indicator of the region's economic potential proposed by OECD organisation. This paper examines methodology to build a typology of economic dynamism for rural regions of Lithuania relevant for rural policy purposes. The research results shows that suggested typology based on economic dynamism, which is measured by the number of employed in all population aged 15-64, at this period is not suitable methodological tool for classification of rural regions in Lithuania. Keywords: typologies, rural policy, regional policy, economic dynamism. Pastaruoju metu regionineje politikoje ypac daug demesio skiriama regionu konkurencingumui. Priimant Lietuvos kaimo politikos sprendimus, regionu grupavimas pagal ekonominio konkurencingumo rodiklius taip pat labai aktualus. Kuriant regionu tipologijas, valdymo tikslams ieskoma nauju kriteriju ir rodikliu, padedanciu atskleisti regionu ekonominio potencialo skirtumus. Straipsnyje pristatomi tyrimo, skirto ivertinti Lietuvos kaimiskuju regionu tipologiju (pagal ekonomini dinamiskuma) atitikti kaimo politikos tikslams, rezultatai. Tyrimas parode, kad EBPO propaguojamas regionu ekonominio dinamiskumo kriterijus, matuojamas uzimtuju dalies (15-64 m. amziaus gyventoju skaiciaus) augimu regione, dabartiniame Lietuvos kaimo raidos etape neatspindi realiu kaimiskuju regionu ekonominiu problemu. Priimant su Lietuvos regionu ekonomikos aktyvinimu susijusius kaimo politikos sprendimus, turetu buti atliekami issamesni tyrimai, padedantys atskleisti priezastis, formuojancias ekonominio konkurencingumo skirtumus regionuose. Reiksminiai zodziai: tipologijos, kaimo politika, regionine politika, ekonominis dinamiskumas.