Strategic planning is a key tool for ensuring the long-term socioeconomic development of the state and an important prerequisite for the formulation of effective regional development policies. In the current context of deepening decentralization processes, increased budgetary autonomy of local communities, and the need to rebuild the country following wartime destruction, there is a growing need for scientifically sound, structurally coherent, and effective strategic documents. The purpose of this article is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of systemic constraints on strategic planning in Ukraine and to justify directions for its modernization by eliminating regulatory, financial-operational, and political-institutional dysfunctions that hinder the formulation and implementation of effective strategic development documents. A comprehensive analysis of the current state of the strategic planning system in Ukraine has been conducted in the context of regulatory, institutional, and methodological challenges. Key structural, regulatory, institutional, and operational dysfunctions that limit its ability to ensure long-term socio-economic development have been identified. The content and consequences of outdated legislative provisions, the lack of a coordinated hierarchy of strategic documents between the national, regional, and local levels, as well as inconsistencies in the procedures for developing and financing strategies, have been analyzed. The influence of political cyclicality, frequent elite rotations, and low institutional stability on the formation of short-term priorities that hinder the realization of long-term strategic goals is substantiated. It has been established that the gap between strategic goals and budgetary support, the dominance of formal monitoring, and the lack of mandatory financial backing for strategic decisions lead to strategic documents being merely declarative and limit their practical impact on territorial development. Based on the study’s findings, the main groups of systemic shortcomings have been identified, and directions for modernizing strategic planning have been outlined, including updating the legislative framework, enhancing institutional capacity, aligning strategic and budgetary planning, and creating conditions for long-term strategic stability. 

strategic planning, regional development, institutional capacity, regional competitiveness 

The unfolding of a full-scale war on the territory of Ukraine, which led to immediate changes in the demographic situation of the state and the loss of a significant part of its human potential, also had devastating consequences for the economy, which will be felt for a long time. Therefore, it is necessary to search for various levers of economic growth and preservation of human capital, which today should become a priority task of the state on the way out of the economic and demographic crisis, and the possibilities of its integration into the European and world economy. In Ukraine, low labor productivity is one of the defining problems hindering the development of its economy, along with the issues of inefficient use of labor resources and the policy of remuneration. The problem lies not only in the low level of labor productivity but also in the rather low growth rates of this indicator. The article assesses disparities in labor productivity levels across regions of Ukraine. The study shows that low labor productivity is one of the defining problems inhibiting the development of the economy of Ukraine, along with the issues of inefficient use of labor resources and labor remuneration policy. The authors emphasize that the problem lies not only in the low level of labor productivity but also in the low growth rates of this indicator. The dynamics of GRP and the employed population in 2014-2020 is calculated, and the regions are ranked by the level of employment concentration. A comparative analysis of the levels of employment concentration during the research period is carried out and changes in regional employment disparities are revealed. Based on the analysis of employment indicators and GRP. The article identifies the regions demonstrating the efficiency of the use of labor resources in Ukraine. The predominance of regions in the country with inefficient use of labor resources is revealed. The most important reasons for maintaining a low level of labor productivity in Ukraine and its regions are substantiated, and relevant recommendations for solving these problems are proposed. 

labor productivity, region, employment, regional disparities, labor resources, human potential, economic growth 

The purpose of the article is the estimation of state and determination of prospects of state financing development at small agricultural Ukrainian enterprises at the regional level. In the article, the current state policy of promoting small enterprises has been examined. The state of a financing activity at small enterprises of the agrarian sphere in different programs and actions at the regional level has been estimated. In particular, the dynamics and trends in the financing of small and medium enterprises in Ukraine on the basis of national and regional programs are reserched. The analysis of a development program for small enterprises in the Lviv region has been conducted. Institutional resource of state support of small agricultural enterprises in Ukraine is considered. Proved the most problematic issues of small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises development. The factors of effective development of agricultural production in Ukraine and improvement of its competitiveness. In particular, it is defined, that the regional budget funds are directed to: financing business projects on a rotating basis; concessional loans; creation of new infrastructure to support entrepreneurship and to replenish charter capital, as well as, revolving fund of existing facilities; educational and methodical work; exhibitions events; publishing newsletters, brochures, manuals; training and retraining of unemployed people, oriented to entrepreneurial activity etc.

Substantiated, that the biggest factor that restrict the access of small businesses to finance are high interest rates. In the long-term loans (particular loans with long-term strategic impact on the economy) interest rate, that is acceptable for most borrowers, should not exceed 10-12% per annum. The investigated indirect levers to stimulate the development of small and medium-sized agricultural domestic business are proposed. The peculiarities and volume of state investments in the development of small type of business have been determined. 

small agricultural entrepreneurship, agricultural enterprises, state sponsorship, funding, business entities