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Leshchukh Iryna Volodymyrivna



Leshchukh Iryna Volodymyrivna

Ph.D. of Economics

Senior Researcher, Scientific Secretary of the unit of the Department of spatial development of the Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of NAS of Ukraine

Contacts: ira_leschukh@ukr.net, ira_borsch@mail.ru, (+38096)751-33-89

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Mel'nyk Maryana Ivanivna

Oliynyk Nadiya Romanivna

Synyutka Oleh Mykhaylovych

Shchehlyuk Svitlana Dmytrivna

Yaremchuk Roman Yevhenovych



Publications



Repository of Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research UDC 332.142.2:332.05; JEL R58, O18
Melnyk, M. I., & Leshchukh, I. V. (2023). Koherentnyy pidkhid do formuvannya suchasnoyi modeli prostorovoho rozvytku ekonomiky Ukrayiny [A coherent approach to the development of a modern model of the spatial development of the Ukrainian economy]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 107 (1), 23-33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2023-1-3 [in Ukrainian].

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The article outlines the dominant features and tools for the application of a coherent approach to the development of a modern model of the spatial development of Ukraine’s economy, taking into account the context of administrative and financial decentralization and the post-war recovery of Ukraine. The authors offer the definition of spatial coherence of regional development as a synthetic (integral) characteristic that reveals the ability of the territorial-social system for spatial integrity, integration, connectivity, and coherence in the social, economic, and institutional plane at the local, regional, subregional, macroregional, and national levels. The article substantiates that the effectiveness and harmony of the spatial development of Ukraine are achieved under the condition of the implementation of a coherent approach to ensuring spatial cohesion and strategic competitiveness of regional development (the defining priorities of the 2027 State Strategy for Regional Development). However, the simultaneous achievement of these tasks is often difficult due to their asynchronicity, which manifests itself in the issues of approaches, tools, and mechanisms of regulation and development. This calls for the development of scientifically-based recommendations for the improvement of regional policy in Ukraine based on the search for the optimal balance and coordination of priorities (mechanisms) for the achievement of spatial coherence (cohesion, integration, and inclusion in the economic, social, and institutional spheres) and the development of promising and strategically competitive types of economic activity, which would take into account the competitive advantages of territorial and social systems and be based on the priorities of their smart specialization, ensuring in the future the increase of territorial capital and growing social, budgetary, and economic returns for the regional system in general. The subject areas of conceptual and applied tasks for the formation of a modern model of spatial development of the economy of Ukraine on a coherent basis are defined. The financial, economic, institutional, and spatial planning instruments of coherence of strategic socio-economic and spatial priorities of development of territorial social systems of different levels and the policy of integrated development of regional and local systems and coordination of strategic and spatial planning at the national level are substantiated. 
coherence, coherent approach, spatial development, regional policy, vertical coordination, horizontal coordination, communities, regions, functional types of territories 



Repository of Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research UDC 338.1:338.2:332.1; JEL E23, L23, L60, M11, R30
Melnyk, M. I., & Leshchukh, I. V. (2022). Osoblyvosti, problemy ta stymuly relokatsiyi natsional'noho vyrobnytstva v umovakh viyny [Peculiarities, problems and incentives of relocation of national production in conditions of war]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 104 (2), 94-100. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2022-2-10. [in Ukrainian].

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The article provides an overview of the trends in the relocation of manufacturing companies to safe regions from territories where active hostilities have taken place. The main threats of the enterprises relocation under the war have been identified, in particular: disruption of economic ties; logistics challenges; lack of a qualified workforce due to the outflow of residents from the country; high cost, legal and technical complexity of relocation procedures; resource loss as well as goods, fixed assets, etc. during relocation. There are also mobility restrictions for certain types of enterprises due to their territorial «attachment» (primarily, agribusiness, major manufacturers and logistics enterprises). The growth share of business relocation abroad can be recognized as a threat to the balanced spatial development of Ukraine. It has been emphased that the state program for business relocation with appropriate financial assistance and support should be launched in order to foster the process within the country and reduce the rate of enterprises relocation abroad. Other important directions for improving and increasing the efficiency of the state policy of enterprises relocation include: expanding list of eligible regions for business relocation; development and implementation of an efficient system of leasing industrial equipment and provision of a state financial guarantee for enterprises which have an intention to relocate. Moreover, technical and economic predictions of urgent actions to ensure an efficient process of enterprises relocation should be developed as well as promotion domestic products on the domestic and international markets, searching for a new export opportunity. Special attention has been paid to legislation concerning the development of industrial parks and its adaptation to the process of business relocation. The importance of involving regional employment centers in job search assistance and training personnel for relocated enterprises has been underlined.It has been concluded that the launch of a new business in the territories where there are no active hostilities will allow, firstly, to broaden the tax base for local authorities, secondly, to create a new jobs, to restrain the outflow of workforce abroad, and contribute to improving their solvency. 
relocation, national production, entrepreneurship, business relocation, Russia-Ukraine War 



Repository of Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research UDC 332.025; 332.13; JEL F01, R58, R23
Melnyk, M. I., & Leshchukh, I. V. (2021). Suchasni hlobal'ni vyklyky ta trendy: diahnostyka vplyvu na endohennyy rozvytok rehionu [Modern global challenges and trends: diagnostics of impact on the region’s endogenous development]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 101 (3), 36-45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2021-3-4. [in Ukrainian].

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Different approaches to the interpretation of the definition of “globalization” and assessments of its impact on the endogenous development of the state and regions are considered. The paper argues that global trends have a decisive influence on the economy and the potential of endogenous development of the regions of Ukraine in view of: strengthened polycentricity of spatial development; expansion of protectionist tendencies and global asymmetry; reduced level of functionality of international institutions; the beginning of regionalization of virtual networks. Based on the analysis of domestic and foreign scientific literature and analytical materials, the main modern globalization challenges and trends are revealed - strengthening the interdependence of the world’s economies; strengthening economic protectionism; growth of external debts of the world; growing inequality in income distribution, widening the gap between rich and poor countries; urbanization, metropolization; political, ideological, and military challenges, etc. The main areas of influence of these megatrends in the context of endogenous development of the region are named - the resistance of the region’s economy to cyclical global fluctuations and risks; the region’s involvement in global value chains; intellectualization of labor, human potential, knowledge economy, and creative economy; cohesion of spatial socio-economic development; cybersecurity of the region’s economy; virtualization of socio-political relations; digitalization; migration and tourist flows, etc. The paper proves that the impact of current global challenges and trends on the endogenous development of the region is multidirectional. Thus, some trends may pose risks and threats to the endogenous development of the region (i.e. cause deterioration of its socio-economic status), and others - may still have positive or neutral results despite the creation of certain threats to the security of the region. 
globalization, endogenous development of the region, global trends, global challenges, socio-economic development, international trade, financial globalization 



Repository of Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research UDC 338.2:336.7; JEL O17, E44, G18, G20, G38
Leshchukh, I. V. (2021). Instrumenty detinizatsiyi diyal'nosti u sektori finansovykh posluh [Tools to de-shadow the activities in the financial services sector]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 100 (2), 165-177. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2021-2-15. [in Ukrainian].

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The article outlines the basics of the spread of shadow activity in the financial services sector. Three types of shadow activities in the financial services sector are characterized: hidden (mostly related to tax evasion – deliberate concealment / understatement of profits from doing business in the financial services domain); informal (its entities are most often employees forced to carry out unregistered activities, hide additional income, in particular, due to the high burden on the payroll, as well as households that transfer certain funds to each other and other material values through informal channels); illegal (de facto related to the illegal conversion of funds by various methods and tools) activities. Threats and risks to the socio-economic development of the state and its financial security due to the shadow activities in the financial services sector are specified. The main forms of shadow activities in the financial services sector (shadow transactions with cash; receiving uncontrolled profits through payment systems and payment cards; legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime; shadow transactions with securities) and the tools to de-sadow them are substantiated. The paper emphasizes that the principles of de-shadowing the activities in the financial sector should include systemic (key principle), corporate social responsibility in the financial services sector, objectivity, determinism, coherence, transparency. The paper argues that financial monitoring is one of the most important tools for de-shadowing the activities in the financial services market (in particular, in terms of combating illegal activities). The priorities of counteracting the use of offshore jurisdictions for the purposes of tax avoidance by enterprises of the financial services sector, which include the implementation of organizational and informational, budgetary, fiscal, financial, and economic measures, are outlined. 
shadow economy, shadow activity, de-shadowing, financial services sector, offshore jurisdiction, non-cash payments 



Repository of Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research UDC [338.46:336.7]:330.354:330.356:332.135(477.8); JEL O17, O16, P25
Leshchukh, I. V. (2020). Diahnostyka peredumov ta rivnya tinizatsiyi sektoru finansovykh posluh rehioniv Ukrayiny [Diagnosis of preconditions and level of shadow activity in the financial services sector of the regions of Ukraine]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 96 (2), 72-84. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2020-2-6. [in Ukrainian].

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The shadow economy nowadays is one of the most substantial threats for the development of the financial sector in Ukraine and is the ground for sham entrepreneurship, corruption, organized crime, etc. The shadow activity phenomenon is, to a certain extent, peculiar to all types of economic activity in Ukraine. The article examines the preconditions for the shadowing of the financial services sector. The level of its shadowing in the context of the regions of Ukraine is calculated. The causal links, features and threats of covert, informal and illegal activities in the financial services sector are studied, in particular: tax evasion (as deliberate concealment / understatement of profits from doing business), unproductive outflow (export) of financial resources, sham entrepreneurship, legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime and more. The paper establishes that the determinants of creating conditions for efficient legal activity in the financial services sector should be: creating favorable tax conditions for doing business in the studied sector; reducing the gap between the level of interest rates on deposits and loans, reducing the level of interest rates in the economy as a whole, which will make the lending procedure more accessible to individuals and businesses; increasing monetary discipline; strengthening control over financial markets in terms of counteracting unproductive capital outflows through scheme institutions; countering cybercrime; expanding financial inclusion; stimulating and developing innovation in the financial services sector. The paper proves that the real fall in shadow activity in the financial services sector can take place in case of declining costs and growing efficiency of the legal economy and creation of parity conditions for the functioning of various forms of business in the financial domain. The falling fiscal pressure on the legal economy should be the key condition for such a transformation, which would create motivation for transferring the shadow operations to the legal grounds. 
shadowing of the economy, shadowing of the financial sector, de-shadowing of the economy, financial services sector, financial services market, financial market 



Repository of Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research UDC [339.923:061.1]:332.146.2; JEL О31, R19, R58
Melnyk, M. I., Shchehlyuk, S. D., Leshchukh, I. V., & Yaremchuk, R. Ye. (2020). Rehional'na polityka YeS v konteksti smart-spetsializatsiyi: efektyvnist' finansuvannya priorytetnykh napryamiv [EU regional policy in the context of smart-specialization: efficiency of priority directions’ funding]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 95 (1), 172-183. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2020-1-19. [in Ukrainian].

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The paper provides the evaluation of the efficiency of financing the regional policy promotion activities from the EU structural funds and efficiency of funding of national and regional smart specialization strategies’ priorities in 2014-2020. It determines 6 key smart specialization domains among 216 RIS3 of national and regional (NUTS 2) levels: agriculture, food, and biotechnologies; green technologies, energy; transport, mobility, logistics; ICT; life sciences, biotechnologies, pharmacy, biotechnologies; material sciences and intellectual production. Four hypotheses on the close relationship between the investment volumes, directions, and results of their use are empirically verified. The results of the applied correlation analysis show the close relationship between the volumes of funding of the smart-specialization activities and the paces of agricultural output per capita with three clusters of countries by the distribution of funding by the strategic priorities. Regarding the other smart specialization priorities – “environmental technologies, energy efficiency” and “transport, mobility, logistics”, the dependence between the funding from the European Structural and Investment Funds and reducing CO2 emissions from new vehicles is proven. Support of strategic priorities “material science” and “smart production” by European Structural and Investment Funds in 2014-2020 is characterized by growing GRP volumes per capita with clear differences between the developed and average-level EU countries. The reasonability of supporting the implementation of the smart-priority “medicine, pharmacy, healthcare” in most RIS3 of EU countries and the substantial correlation of financial support from EU funds with the paces of state expenses on healthcare increase is substantiated. The conclusions about the efficiency of selected priorities, their high convergence ability, and the capacity to form transnational cooperation are made. 
regional policy, EU, smart-specialization strategy, priorities, efficiency evaluation 



Repository of Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research UDC 330.322; JEL E22, H54, R11, R53, P25
Melnyk, M. I., & Leshchukh, I. V. (2019). Sektoral'ni ta prostorovi osoblyvosti investytsiynykh protsesiv u rehioni [Sectoral and spatial features of investment processes in a region]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 94 (4), 120-126. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2019-4-11. [in Ukrainian].

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Investment is an important indicator of the economic development of a region. The article examines sectoral and spatial features of investment processes in a region (on the example of Zaporizhzhya region). In particular, capital investment of enterprises in Zaporizhzhya region are analyzed by types of assets, sources of financing and types of economic activity, while development (use) of capital investment – by types of industrial activity. The paper establishes that: 1) own funds of enterprises were the main source of capital investment in Zaporizhzhya region during the period under review; 2) the highest share of capital investment in the region is financed by industrial enterprises; 3) the share of investment in professional, scientific and technical activities is reduced. The active development of the region’s industrial infrastructure is becoming a challenge for its environment today. Nevertheless, capital investment for environmental protection were found to have decreased in 2017 compared to 2016. Therefore, the strategic objective of the region today is to make effective use of its existing investment potential, in particular to improve the environment. The main factors influencing the investment processes in Zaporizhzhya region were identified: a) positive factors, in particular: availability of natural resources and own energy resources; higher level of profitability of enterprises in the region than the average in Ukraine; ongoing processes of deregulation, decentralization, reform of the territorial organization of power in Ukraine; b) factors of a negative nature, in particular: territorial (spatial) imbalance of business development and institutional infrastructure of business support; small capital investment for environmental protection; aggravation of the military conflict in Eastern Ukraine, etc. 
investment process, capital investment, investment efficiency, regional economy, spatial development 



Repository of Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research UDC 330.322.5; JEL H61, E22, R22, R58
Leshchukh, I. V. (2019). Vplyv administratyvno-finansovoyi detsentralizatsiyi na investytsiyni protsesy u Tsentral'nomu rehioni Ukrayiny [Influence of administrative and financial decentralization on investment processes in the Central region of Ukraine]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 93 (3), 134-144. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2019-3-14. [in Ukrainian].

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The article examines the tendencies of the investment sector of the Central region of Ukraine, which are formed under the influence of implementation of administrative and financial decentralization in Ukraine. The method of estimation of influence of administrative-financial decentralization on investment processes in the region is proposed on the basis of calculation of indicators of the ratio: a) growth rates of capital investments and foreign direct investments against own incomes; b) the rate of growth of expenditures on socio-economic development (in particular, public administration, health care, education, housing and communal services, repair and maintenance of roads, etc.) against own revenues of local budgets. The author’s method is tested on the example of cities of regional importance and districts of the Central region of Ukraine. It was found that: 1) in 2016-2018 the most effective was the policy of capital investment in Cherkasy region, the least effective – in the Kirovograd region; 2) the increase of the financial potential of the cities of regional importance and districts of the studied region did not cause a significant stimulating influence on attracting foreign investments; 3) the reorientation of local authorities’ own resources on capital expenditures on the development of social, transport and communal infrastructure is extremely slow. Systemic and dialectical methods were used in the study; logical generalization, system analysis, comparison and synthesis; strategic analysis, graphic. The works of leading scientists and specialists on a wide range of socio-economic problems, the operational information of the Main Directorates of Statistics in Vinnitsa, Kirovograd, Cherkasy and Poltava regions of Ukraine as well as information on the implementation of relevant local budgets of the Departments of Finance of Vinnitsa, Kirovograd and Cherkasy regional state administrations constitute the information base of the research. 
administrative and financial decentralization, investment efficiency, regional economy, spatial development, cities of regional importance, united territorial communities, Central region of Ukraine 



Repository of Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research UDC 352:338.23; JEL H61, H72, E62, R58
Melnyk, M. I., Leshchukh, I. V., & Yaremchuk, R. Ye. (2019). Vplyv administratyvno-finansovoyi detsentralizatsiyi na zminu pozytsionuvannya mist v ekonomitsi Karpats'koho rehionu [Influence of administrative and financial decentralization on changing the positioning of cities in the economy of the Carpathian region]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 91 (1), 14-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2019-1-2. [in Ukrainian].

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Socio-economic implications of the voluntary association of territorial communities at the administrative and financial decentralization final stage and the expected reformatting of the administrative and territorial structure of Ukrainian regions create favorable conditions for the growth of cities’ economic power and their role in the development of regions and the country as a whole. It is worth noting that without strong regional centers it is difficult to develop strong regions. The main purpose of the article is to determine the features of the impact of administrative and financial decentralization on changing the cities’ positioning in the Carpathian region’s socio-economic system, as well as to outline the perspective directions of their development in the new administrative-territorial and financial system of Ukrainian regions. In particular, the article outlines the main reasons that cause the low activity of cities in the region during the implementation of administrative and financial decentralization in 2015-2017. The potential threats to the spatial development of the Carpathian region cities as a result of administrative-territorial and budgetary system reformatting are highlighted, as well as possible ways for their effective settlement are defined. The features of the cities’ positioning in the economy of regions and districts as administrative and financial decentralization result in 2015-2017 convincingly testify that the Carpathian region centers and cities of regional significance are those “centers of growth” that most actively influence the process of socio-economic development in their areas, including due to the benefits of fiscal decentralization. In the long run, uniting around the cities of regional significance and effective cooperation of regional centers with neighboring united territorial communities can intensify the process of urban development, open up opportunities for balancing the interests of these cities as growth centers and suburban territorial communities interested in improving the quality of their inhabitants’ life. 
administrative and financial decentralization, united territorial communities, cities of region significance, city positioning, financial capacity 



Repository of Institute of Regional Research UDC 330.837:[336.33+339.543]:334.012.23(477); JEL E60, H10, H25, H32
Leshchukh, I. V. (2018). Instytutsiyni zasady vykorystannya podatkovykh i mytnykh instrumentiv spryyannya rozvytku prostorovykh form orhanizatsiyi biznesu v Ukrayini [The institutional framework for the use of tax and customs instruments to promote the development of spatial forms of business organization in Ukraine]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 89 (3), 70-80. Retrieved from http://re.gov.ua/doi/re2018.03.070.php. [in Ukrainian].

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The purpose of the article is to study the peculiarities of the legislative support for the use of tax and customs instruments for the promotion of spatial forms of business organization (SFBO) in Ukraine. The article provides a comparative analysis of the main tax preferences provided to investors in special economic zones of Ukraine before and after 2005. The main reasons for the abolition of the preferential regime of special economic zones (SEZ) and territory of priority development (TPD) are outlined (opaque decision-making procedure for the creation of these territories and zones and the participation of specific enterprises in them; the desire to use SEZs and TPDs not only as a way of attracting investments but also as a tool for solving social problems of depressed regions; level of state control; low state infrastructure support for tax-exempt territories). The mechanism of providing tax privileges on payment of local taxes and fees for initiators of creation, management of companies and participants of industrial parks is described. The mechanism of exemption from import duties when importing goods by the initiators of creation - by business entities, managing companies and participants of industrial parks is cgaracterized. The study of the institutional framework for the use of tax and customs instruments to promote the development of SFBO in Ukraine has provided the following conclusions: 1) tax incentives provided by the Tax Code of Ukraine, in practice, stimulate the development of a particular industry, without taking into account the innovative component; 2) the existence of the compensatory influence of fiscal instruments on the development of innovation business, which, in our opinion, should be stimulating; 3) the gap between the legally established legislative framework for the development of innovation business and its practical implementation.
In our opinion, the creation of a separate base unit to regulate the activities of the abovementioned entities in the Tax Code is the prospect of improving the current legislation of Ukraine regarding the use of tax and customs instruments to promote the development of SFBO. This will eliminate contradictions in the provisions of the legal acts regulating this aspect of state economy regulation, as well as avoid double taxation and abuses on the part of the controlling bodies. At the same time, in the context of the administrative-territorial reform, it is important to legislatively fix the norms regarding the provision of tax incentives of the SFBO for the placement of high-tech industries in economically backward regions with excessive labor force. 
spatial forms of business organization, taxation of spatial forms of business organization, tax regulation of business 



Repository of Institute of Regional Research UDC 332.145
Melnyk, M. I., Synyutka, O. M., & Leshchukh, I. V. (2015). Orhanizatsiyno-instytutsiyne zabezpechennya stratehichnoho planuvannya rozvytku metropoliyi: inozemnyy dosvid ta uroky dlya Ukrayiny [Оrganizational and institutional support of strategic planning of metropolis development: foreign experience and lessons for Ukraine]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 76(2), 163-174. [in Ukrainian].

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The article is to study the organizational and institutional support of strategic planning from the perspective of foreign metropolises opportunities for application of best practice in this field in Ukraine. For this the key approaches, methods and tools for strategic planning of metropolises of Italy (including the Great Milan), Great Britain (including Greater London, Greater Manchester, Greater Birmingham), Poland (particularly Great Krakow and Great Warsaw), Germany (particularly Great Stuttgart), France (including Grand Strasbourg), Ireland (particularly Greater Dublin) and Sweden (including Great Malmo) are analysed. The study found that the formation of metropolitan areas in the European Union was the key to the dynamic development of the macro-region, the powerful integration mechanism and an important factor in geopolitical influence. However, the formation of the metropolitan system within the country that have high functional status and extend their influence beyond the state, allowed to intensify regional development of the national territory. Common features in the strategic planning of foreign metropolises were identified, including: 1) transition to planning, based on the partnership between the city administration and relevant entities of metropolitan area; 2) direct active participation of local communities in the development of strategies of the metropolis; 3) designing approach to the priorities and strategic directions of development; 4) strengthening of foreign economic aspect in a globalized economy; 5) consideration of environmental component; 6) permanent monitoring of the implementation of the strategic plan of the metropolis development; 7) openness of strategic plans for adjustment.Based on the results of the study, recommendations for improving of organizational and institutional support of strategic planning of metropolitan areas in Ukraine, taking into account the progressive international trends in this area, were formulated.The necessity of the implementation of comprehensive integrated strategic planning as a tool for sustainable development of metropolitan area is substantiated. A key aspect of its implementation should be a clear definition of development priorities, taking into account the specificity inherent in a particular city, because in modern conditions of social and economic instability, it will: 1. Enable the development and increase the independence of the metropolis. 2. Help to improve the status of the metropolis, because strategic planning is an important factor of prestige, which improves its reputation, especially internationally. 3. Increase the efficiency of municipal management in traditional local municipalities with limited resources. In the process of theoretical and applied research were used the following methods: systematic and dialectic; logic synthesis, system analysis, comparison and synthesis; strategic analysis. Information base of research is laws and regulations of the studied foreign countries concerning the management of metropolitan development, leading domestic and foreign scientists and practitioners studies and researches on a wide range of managerial problems of urban development. 
metropolis, metropolis development, strategic planning, plan of development, strategy 



Repository of Institute of Regional Research UDC 336.225.3
Leshchukh, I. V., & Oliynyk, N. R. (2014). Kontseptual'ni osnovy funktsionuvannya systemy derzhavnoho podatkovoho menedzhmentu v Ukrayini [Conceptual foundations of functioning of the system of tax management in Ukraine]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 74(4), 187-193. [in Ukrainian].

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The aim of the paper is to study the conceptual foundations of the system of fiscal management in Ukraine. Aim of paper: a) disclose the purpose and features of the state tax management in Ukraine; b) highlight the problematic issues of national government tax management to find prospects improvements. When writing article following methods were used: systematic and dialectical, logical generalization, comparison and synthesis. The information base for the study is national law and regulations of labor, leading domestic and foreign scholars and practitioners from a wide range of socio-economic and financial problems. The paper systematize available in domestic and foreign scientific schools tht definition of “state tax management” and there are three approaches to the interpretation of the essence of this category: organization and management, process and system. The author interpretations of “state tax management,” which refers to the management of tax by means of tax forecasting, planning, management and monitoring for decision-making to influence the socio-economic development of countries and regions. Given the components of the state tax management, namely, tax forecasting, planning, management and control, state tax management subjects are divided into three groups: 1) the authorities empowered to develop and / or adopt regulations in the field of taxation; 2) the bodies of special competence; 3) taxpayers. On the basis of existing theoretical approaches to the principles of tax management and general management the following principles of state tax management are identified: a) system: democracy, the legal ordering, commitment, competence, and publicity; b) organization, clarity, certainty, efficiency, convenience, usability, manageability; c) structural: the relationship with the overall system of economic management and finance; interconsistency and complementarity tax management purposes; prioritize and sequence to achieve the objectives; situational approach; the efficiency of tax management purposes due to their compatibility, concentration, differentiation and combination; territorial and sectoral approach to decision-making in the field of taxation; taking into account the risk factor in decision-making; personal responsibility of the tax staff; motivation of management activities during fiscal management. Examined the conceptual principles formed the basis of the formation mechanism of tax management, which, formed not only on the basis of a coherent system of principles, instruments, legal, informational and analytical and organizational (HR) software, but considers the impact of institutional, legal, political, social and economic factors. 
management, tax administration, tax management, tax policy, management decisions 



Repository of Institute of Regional Research UDC 336.225.3
Melnyk, M. I., & Leshchukh, I. V. (2014). Systema podatkovoho kontrolyu: analiz efektyvnosti ta napryamy udoskonalennya [Tax control system: analysis of effectiveness and areas for improvement]. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 72(2), 106-115. [in Ukrainian].

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The aim of the paper is to study the methodological principles and practical recommendations for evaluating the effectiveness and improvement of tax control areas in Ukraine. We investigate the functioning of national tax control (legal, organizational and economic); analyze the strengths and weaknesses of existing methodologies to assess the efficiency of tax control. With the help of a relative measure methodology, the horizontal comparison of data, statistical and factor analysis we perform multifactoral analysis of the tax authorities of Lviv region from the standpoint of its efficiency, effectiveness and quality. Based on that we deduct main destabilizing factors that influence the development of tax control. These factors primarily include: lack of partnership between regulatory authorities and business entities; lack of tax culture and consciousness of taxpayers; high tax burden, which causes deformation and institutional biases regarding tax culture, discipline, and consciousness of taxpayers. Minimizing of mentioned factors is an acute need in the way of improvement of the efficiency of tax administration in Ukraine and ensuring appropriate conditions for the development of local business. We specify the priority areas of improvement of tax control in the context of improving the efficiency of tax administration in Ukraine, that include: improving legislation regulating of tax control; use of an effective risk-selection system checks to taxpayers; minimization of fiscal burden on business and creation a favorable business environment in order to realize the business potential in Ukraine; training of highly qualified tax inspectors and monitoring their activities. The necessity of mass-outreach among tax authorities and tax payers, as a strategic preventive methods of tax control, should include: prompt advising taxpayers on tax matters; application of individual approaches to the clarification as consultation, seminar, press conferences, briefings for management companies; conduct systematic preventive work among potential taxpayers; design and continuous updating of information stands and specialized web-site with coverage of major trends and results of the test control and analysis of the tax authorities. We specify in the priority areas of coverage bias uncontrolled taxpayers by tax control due to inefficient formation of schedules of tax audits, including: automation of analytical processes and information support risk identification activities to the exclusion of human factors, and consequently, any abuse of the process of planning control and inspection of the tax authorities; provision assigning each and every taxpayer in one of the steps of the risk of economic activities in order to avoid the burden of the tax increase resulting from arbitrary control inspection and as a result, increasing informal (corrupt) component relationships business entities and tax authorities, increasing transaction costs in the economy general; harmonization of regulations frequency of planned measures of state control in various legal documents; transparency and openness of procedures assigning of business risk level; opportunity to appeal the decision of the tax authority. 
tax administration, control, tax control system, evaluation of the efficiency of tax control, tax control bodies, monitoring of control and verifying work 



Citations



Melnyk, M. I., Leshchukh, I. V., & Yaremchuk, R. Ye. (2019). Vplyv administratyvno-finansovoyi detsentralizatsiyi na zminu pozytsionuvannya mist v ekonomitsi Karpats’koho rehionu [Influence of administrative and financial decentralization on changing the positioning of cities in the economy of the Carpathian region]. Rehional’na ekonomika – Regional economy, 91(1), 14-23. [in Ukrainian]. {re2019.03.003.001}

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