Investment activity in the region: analysis and tendency

The pacing term of social and economic development of any region is known to be the amount of investments that allows increasing potential of the real sector of economy. It mainly depends on the investment resource availability. Population possesses most of the investment potential but it is not realized in a full way because of some psychological aspects of household economy and issues of their appliance. The most attractive finance injection in the real sector of economy is direct investment which involves business organization of the population or indirect investment by means of Stock Market. But anyway there are some issues that become an obstacle to use this resource in the regional investment policy. The authors study the population of the region as a potential investor, its role in the development of the region, and the behavioral finance. They discuss issues of strategic social and economic growth of the Republic of Buryatia till 2025 and evaluate them.