Russia and Belarus: a dynamic view of sustainable development

The concept of sustainable development of socio-economic systems being developed by the world community. One of the most important areas is the improvement of the methodology for the assessment of sustainable development. Most of the currently existing systems of indicators are static and do not allow us to estimate the dynamics of the level of balance of the indicators of social, economic and environmental components. Considering sustainable development as a dynamic process, the author proposes to use the method of dynamic standards. In this article, the author proposed a new method of estimating comparative dynamics tempo characteristics of indicators of sustainable development of the national socio-economic systems. Using the proposed method, the author analyzes the equilibrium dynamics of social, economic and environmental indicators of sustainable development of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus for 2005-2012. The results of the study revealed an imbalance in the ratio of the tempo of the characteristics of individual social, economic and environmental indicators. This indicates the priority of economic issues in decision making. Therefore, it is necessary to pay more attention to the values and dynamics of social and ecological indicators of sustainable development. The fight against environmental consequences of economic activity, introduction of resource -and energy-saving technologies, reducing waste production and consumption, increasing the rate of their use and disposal, strengthening the measures for reforestation and land reclamation, to reduce the incidence of population, income growth and ensuring a decent standard of living are important for both countries. The research results can provide the basis for the development of programs for sustainable development for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.