Evaluating the changes in economic and social development of Lithuanian counties by multiple criteria methods

Abstract

Under the conditions of the country's economy restructurization, the differences between economic and social development of various regions are becoming more prominent. To smooth these differences, a number of scientific and practical problems associated with the concepts of a region, regional policy and its aims, determination of the boundaries of a region and evaluation of its development, etc., should be thoroughly investigated. To solve such complicated problems, multicriteria evaluation methods have been recently used, which could take into consideration the major aspects of economic and social development of the regions, including the environmental problems, as well as multidimensional character of the criteria, different directions of their changing and significances. Quantitative evaluation of social and economic region's development allows us to determine the changes, taking place in this development. This, in turn, shows the effectiveness of the EU structural funds, national programmes and other facilities used in conducting the regional policy.

Santrauka

Šalies ūkiui iš esmes restruktūrizuojantis ir persitvarkant padideja ekonomines ir socialines pletros skirtumai tarp regionu (apskričiu). Juos mažinant susiduriama su daugeliu mokslui ir praktikai aktualiu, sprestinu klausimu, tokiu kaip regiono, regionines politikos samprata ir tikslai, ju ribu nustatymas, pletros supratimas, ivertinimas ir t. t. Tokiems uždaviniams spresti pastaraisiais metais sekmingai taikomi daugiakriterinio vertinimo būdai. Jie leidžia ivertinti visus svarbiausius regionu ekonomines ir socialines pletros (RESP) aspektus, taip pat ir aplinkosauginius, ivertinti rodikliu daugiadimensiškuma, nevienoda kitimo krypti bei reikšminguma. Galimybe kiekybiškai ivertinti RESP leidžia nustatyti šios pletros kaita. Būtent ji parodo, koks yra Europos struktūriniu fondu, nacionaliniu programu, kitu priemoniu, skirtu regioninei politikai igyvendinti, efektyvumas.

Keywords:

• regional development
• criteria of development
• multiple criteria analysis

Reikšminiai žodžiai:

• regionu pletra
• pletros kriterijai
• daugiakriteris vertinimas