Demographic factor as strategic element of social and economic development of the region

Social and economic development of rural territories is defined by many factors, but demographic situation has prevailing impact, thus in many respects defining the development of the market of the labor resources. In Altai Region for a number of years there has been an unfavorable demographic situation due to high mortality rate of the population, the decline in the birth rate and migration processes. The problem is most acute in cross-border areas of the region. Current trends give the chance to speak about critical situation of demographic process. Migration outflows for the vast majority of municipalities are the main reason for the population decline. The situation in the labor market of the Southern region is similar to the situation in Altai Region as a whole: against the background of the decline in working population, there is a decline in the number of employees of large and medium-sized enterprises. The industry cut of employment shows that more than half of the population (52 %) is employed in the organizations of the budgetary sector. The enterprises of manufacturing industry employs 14 per cent of the total working force, which is comparable to the Altai Region average value. The share of employees of large and medium-sized organizations employed in agricultural sector makes 9.4 % exceeding this indicator across Altai Region (6.5 %). Social and economic development of the region in many respects is defined by the development of social infrastructure. Creating comfortable working and rural environment is the priority for strategic development of the region. The most important is further implementation of the development of transport infrastructure, social and cultural facilities.