Assessment of the impact of municipal reform on demographic, social and economic processes in the region

The aim of the study was: to reveal the process of stages of development of the municipal reform and to assess its impact on the demographic, social and economic processes of the region. It has been established that the decrease in residents and settlements in municipalities transformed into rural settlements led to a decrease in the number of municipal employees in local government bodies, a decrease in social infrastructure facilities. Problems were identified that were never resolved in the reform process. The authors propose a number of measures to improve the process of reforming local self-government.