Open AccessActual aspects of state policy of digital development in Ukraine at the present stage
Author(s) -
A. V. Zadorozhna
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ekonomìka, fìnansi, pravo/ekonomìka. fìnansi. pravo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2786-5517
pISSN - 2409-1944
DOI - 10.37634/efp.2020.6.7
Subject(s) - normative , investment (military) , public policy , business , economics , economic system , political science , economic growth , politics , law
The article is devoted to some aspects of state policy of digital development. The coherence level of the goals established in the normative-legal acts concerning the rating position of Ukraine according to the international indices characterizing the development level of digital economy and society, information and communication technologies introduction, is estimated.The purpose of the paper is to study the key priorities of public policy in the field of information and communication and digital technologies at the present stage, the consistency of the policy goals, the effectiveness of certain directions of public financial policy (especially investment) to stimulate the development of this area, with the appropriate analytical presentation of its results.The conclusions on the realism and prospects of achieving the planned rating goals in the short term are argued.Emphasis is placed on the risks of government implementation of the state policy of digital development caused by the identified differences in its target indicators established in the regulations of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, as well as the importance of preventing them in policy development in the medium and long term.Basing on the analysis of cumulative volumes of capital investments and the created gross value added (both in the economy of Ukraine as a whole and in the information and communication and digital technologies field), the conclusions on the contribution of this area to the creation of gross value added by the domestic economy, taking into account the amount of financial resources aimed at capital investment in 2010-2018 were made.A comparative analysis of investment activity of economic entities in the information and communication and digital technologies field, which was provided by both budgetary and non-budgetary sources is given.Based on the revealed disagreements between the government’s declared priority for the development of this sector and the volumes and shares of the financial resources of the state and local budgets actually aimed at its development, the opportunities for increasing of the effectiveness of the state’s investment policy in the information, communication and digital technologies field in the future are indicated.