BUILDING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY AS A BASIS FOR THE GROWTH OF THE STANDARD OF LIVING AND THE QUALITY OF THE POPULATION’S LIFE

Abstract

Improvement of the standard of living and the quality of the population’s life is one of the primary strategic goals of any progressive state. At the present stage of civilization development, the intensification of processes of technical re-equipment, automation, digitalization, promotion of biotechnology, alternative energy technologies, genetic engineering, etc. leads to the fact that the standard and the quality of life will continuously change for the better, however, provided that the country will be able to follow innovative trends in global development, increasing the national scientific and technological capacity. The aim of the research presented in the article is to identify the degree of correlation between the indicators characterizing the country's scientific and technological capacity and the indicators characterizing the level and quality of life of its population. The contribution of several countries to the development of science (according to the results of 2019) is assessed and illustrated, its dependence on the degree of development of the national economy is shown; the place of Russia in terms of resource provision and effectiveness of this direction of public policy is determined. The integral indicator for assessing the standard of living and the quality of life of the population – Human Development Index, calculated based on three standardized indices, has been chosen. The system of indicators that characterize the opportunities to increase the scientific and technological capacity of the country in such areas as contribution to the development of secondary education, contribution to the development of higher education, the degree of cooperation between science, education and industry, contribution to the development of R&D has been determined. The correlation analysis aimed at identifying the strength of the relationship between the indicators of scientific and technological capacity and the indicators of the standard of living and quality of life has been carried out; the groups of indicators with close and weak links have been identified, the attempts to explain the obtained results have been made. They can be used by the authorities to make managerial decisions as part of strategic planning for the development of scientific and technological capacity as the basis for the growth of the standard of living and quality of life.

Keywords

innovation, quality of life, correlation analysis, scientific and technological capacity, development of science, standard of living

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About the Authors

Ismail M. Aliev – Dr. Sci. (Economics), Professor; Professor, Saint Petersburg State University of Economics, Saint Petersburg, Russia. E-mail: aliev.06@mail.ru. SPIN РИНЦ 1312-9009. ORCID 0000-0001-7200-8966. Scopus Author ID 57200229178
Ivan V. Batarin – Graduate Student, Saint Petersburg State University of Economics, Saint Petersburg, Russia. E-mail: ivanikys@mail.ru. SPIN РИНЦ 6209-9240. ORCID 0000-0002-8069-6639

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Aliev I.M., Batarin I.V. Building Scientific and Technological Capacity as a Basis for the Growth of the Standard of Living and the Quality of the Population’s Life // BENEFICIUM. 2022. Vol. 2(43). Pp. 6-14. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.34680/BENEFICIUM.2022.2(43).6-14