The impact of infrastructure potential of the region to choose the strategy of investing

The article presents a quantitative application a comparative study of infrastructure potential of the regions of the Volga Federal district (hereinafter - VFD) using cluster analysis, compared the level of development of VFD regions with the level of development of their infrastructure capacity indicators proportion of area ( % ) water and sewage facilities, the density of paved roads in km per 1000 square km density of base stations per sq. km of power plant capacity in thousands of kW per 1000 employees., taking into account the density of the population, identified areas with high, medium and low infrastructure potential recommendations on the optimal areas of investment in the infrastructure of the region, taking into account its features: appropriate investment in infrastructure to preserve the existing level of the economy; appropriate investment in the intensification of infrastructure, infrastructure, innovation, appropriate investment in infrastructure expansion; investment in infrastructure can have a significant positive impact on the level of economic development, because they are not the limiting factor on development.