IMPROVING THE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT SINGLE-INDUSTRY TOWNS' MANAGEMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

Purpose. The purpose is to assess and diagnose software documents of single-industry towns' development in Kazakhstan in the context of improving economic instruments, to ensure their effective functioning. Methods. The results of studies conducted in the framework of «The study features an integrated socio-economic development of single-industry towns of border areas in the functioning of the single economic space of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus» research performed by grant funding of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan were the empirical basis for the analysis. The study is based on the use of methods and techniques of logical, systematic, structural and functional, and comparative analysis. Results and practical significance. The tendencies of socio-economic development of single-industry towns in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the conditions of modern changes in the economy were revealed. Authors have assessed and diagnosed the major policy documents; justified factors influencing the further development of single-industry towns. Also authors have proposed to improve the single-industry towns' management to change the current legal framework and the development of new assessment tools. Scientific novelty. Authors have identified and disclosed the main trends and characteristics of single-industry towns, showing that the processes occurring in single-industry towns in recent years, show their extreme unevenness of development, poor economic diversification, heavy dependence on core enterprises. Authors have based recommendations for the improvement of state administrative and economic regulation methods of single-industry towns' development in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It proposes a toolkit that provides a focused range of management decisions and economic management aimed at achieving a balance of resource use in single-industry towns, which will help to maximize the needs of the population and raise its standard of living.