Socio-economic consequences of decentralization transformation in rural areas: Regional aspect

One of the main aspects of the agrarian policy of Ukraine is the construction of such a model of rural development that meets the standards of a developed European country. The concept of administrative decentralization in Ukraine was ideologically formed over the past three years after the intensification of intentions to integrate into the European Union. The process of decentralization of power in Ukraine created the prerequisites for independent socio-economic rural development based on communities. The purpose of this study is to determine the specifics of the implementation of administrative-territorial reform in the rural territories of the Volyn region and to assess the current stage of the socio-economic development of the united territorial communities in order to develop and substantiate the scientific and organizational foundations and practical recommendations for managing the socio-economic rural development of the region. It is proved that the development of the rural economy of the Volyn region is largely dependent on natural and economic conditions, production and resource, financial and human potential and the activities of individual rural territorial communities. The paper analyzes the socio-demographic situation in the region; regional features of the course of administrative-territorial reform in the rural territories of Volyn are determined; The results of using budget revenues of the created territorial communities are estimated; condition and provision of social infrastructure facilities; identified the main problems of the development of OTG. Using the SWOT analysis, the “strengths” and “weaknesses” and potential opportunities and threats of decentralization for the socio-economic development of rural areas of the studied region are determined