Author page: Alexander Shcherbakov

Methodological Problems of Assessing the Standard and Quality of Life in the Context of Harmonizing Socio-Economic Development

DOI: 10.33917/es-1.205.2026.68-75

At the current stage of socio-economic development, it is becoming increasingly evident that assessing the quality and standard of living plays a key role in the process of forming public policy aimed at improving the population well-being. At the same time, the multitude of existing methodological approaches to such assessment, differing both in the composition of indicators applied and in the methods of their aggregation, indicates the absence of universal standards and generally accepted system of indicators.

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Improving Institutional Mechanisms of Innovative Economic Growth

DOI: 10.33917/es-5.203.2025.52-57

The article examines conceptual foundations and practical aspects of improving institutional mechanisms aimed at strengthening the innovative component of economic growth and creating favourable conditions for a long-term increase of the profit rate in high-tech industries.

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