I.S. Glebova, Y. A. Anisheva, J.N. Gorelova

Abstract

The development of the digital economy is a powerful lever that increases the country's competitiveness, improves the quality of life of its population, and ensures economic growth and national sovereignty. In this regard, the digital economy can be considered as a priority vector for an enhanced social and economic development of any country. The relevance of the research topic is determined by the need to improve and modernize the system of state regulation to enhance the process of digitalization. This article analyzes the process of digitalization in various fields of social and economic life and the system of public management, in particular. The analysis is based on data for the city of Moscow, the city of Saint-Petersburg, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Republic of Bashkortostan, and the Saratov Region. The article presents the methodology proposed by the authors for analyzing the process of digitalization, i.e. implementation of digital and information technologies. The analysis involves the calculation of integral indexes, content analysis of regional development strategies, and correlation-regression analysis. The authors conduct a comparative analysis of the introduction of digital technologies in various fields of the social and economic life of the population in the Russian regions, investigate the features of the introduction of digital technologies in the field of public management, and analyze the impact of the digitalization process on the economy of Russian regions. Based on the calculation of subindexes for the success of the digitalization process in the fields of social and economic life and the system of public management, an integral index for the development of digital technologies is obtained, leaders and outsiders are defined, and the main trends and problems in this area are identified‎.