Methodology for assessing the competitiveness of the economy of administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Belarus and the city of Minsk

Abstract

The article presents the author’s adapted methodology of the Scientific Research Economic Institute of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus to identify regions of the country that are lagging behind in terms of socio-economic development, used for assessing the competitiveness of administrative-territorial units (hereinafter - ATE) of the level of regions of the Republic Belarus and Minsk. In comparison with the basic methodology, the author expanded the list of indicators under study for a more comprehensive representative assessment of the competitive advantages of the regions under consideration. The paper presents the results of testing the author’s methodology, in which the studied regions of Belarus were ranked according to the results of identifying their level of competitiveness with identifying their key problems, a system of measures was developed to overcome factors minimizing the development of the economy in problem regions in order to achieve an average republican level.