The role of public-private partnership in updating the infrastructure of rural territories

An important condition for the sustainable development of rural areas is the timely renewal and modernization of the village infrastructure. In conditions of insufficient budget funds to finance infrastructure projects, the use of the public-private partnership (PPP) mechanism allows attracting extra budgetary funds for the renewal of rural infrastructure. The purpose of the study was the scientific and practical substantiation of the role of the PPP mechanism in updating the infrastructure of rural territories. The empirical research base is based on the official data of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Rostov Region, the National Center for the Development of Public-Private Partnership VEB.RF, the works of domestic scientists. During the study, methods of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, generalizations, surveys and an abstract logical method were used. On the example of the Rostov region, regional policy and regulatory framework in the field of PPP are considered; the analysis of PPP projects in rural areas of the region for the period 2010-2020, as a result of which the priority areas of investing in the development of the infrastructure of the village with the help of the PPP mechanism and the dynamics of the financing of PPP agreements were established. In the course of the study, the problems of implementing the existing PPP mechanism on the village were determined, the need for its further development and direction of improvement is substantiated. The development of PPP contributes to the creation of a business tax in the region and rural settlements, under the agreements on PPP, the revision of the current land legislation on ensuring the rights and provision of land plots in the framework of infrastructure projects of PPP, the establishment of regional training centers for advanced training and training specialists from PPP projects.