Economic Foundations for Developing Human Resources in the Stavropol Region of Russia

Modern economic realities lead to the fact that the role of human resources in ensuring the sustainable development of the Stavropol Krai increases. They predetermine the primary vector of economic development—the achievement of a competitive, innovative, self-sufficient, export-oriented region. The conditions of the formation and development of modern economic realities are the primary trend of socio-economic development. The conducted analytical study of the economic situation made it possible to identify positive and negative conditions affecting the formation and development of human resources in the Stavropol Krai. The favorable conditions include the positive dynamics of the socio-economic development of the region, making it possible to improve several rating positions of the Stavropol Krai among the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, investment attractiveness, and growth in the number of employed people. Simultaneously, the imbalance in the labor market and the lag of rural areas from the city in terms of people’s well-being and infrastructure development is an obstacle that can stop all the renewal and transformation attempts.