Actual aspects of monitoring sustainable development of regions: corrected savings

The article presents current views on the current stage of improving the monitoring of sustainable development of the regions based on the practice of applying the idea of sustainable development over the past three decades. The tendency of methodological character is revealed: it is necessary to improve instruments for quantitative measurement of sustainable development taking into account regional peculiarities of territories. Attention is focused on indicators of sustainable development at the regional level. It emphasizes the priority of using the indicator of adjusted net savings (true savings). Denominations and features of calculation of this indicator are indicated. The features of foreign and domestic scientific research in this area are noted. The key elements of the mechanism of public administration associated with sustainable development of the national and regional levels are identified. The analysis of the application of the methodology for calculating the true savings for individual regions of Russia is presented. Directions have been identified for improving the application of this tool in public administration and commercial projects. The positions for inclusion of the component indicators in the modern monitoring of the development of the regions are singled out.