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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">854</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>The problem of interregional leveling as the way of resolving the contradiction between equality and efficiency</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>The problem of interregional leveling as the way of resolving the contradiction between equality and efficiency</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Budovskaya</surname><given-names>Olesya V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Budovskaya</surname><given-names>Olesya V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>lupenkova75@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1652" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1652"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2015</year></pub-date><issue>1</issue><fpage>62</fpage><lpage>68</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2015/issue/1/article/854">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2015/issue/1/article/854</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/1(42)/62-68.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/1(42)/62-68.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The article deals with mutually beneficial fast-growing interregional contacts and relations, which are considered to be one of the most important factors for social and economic development of the country, for social and political stability and for territorial integrity of the state. Being a very important feature of the Russian Federalism, interregional relations along with the vertical power consolidation plays a specific strategic part in the maintenance of the Russian State stability and dynamism. The problem of interregional leveling is like the way of conflict resolution between equality and efficiency. The economic efficiency growth of the country as a whole has never occurred due to all state regions. The efficiency growth inevitably leads to the emergence and deepening of interregional contrasts, growing inequality between regions - "growth poles", peripherals and semi-peripherals.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article deals with mutually beneficial fast-growing interregional contacts and relations, which are considered to be one of the most important factors for social and economic development of the country, for social and political stability and for territorial integrity of the state. Being a very important feature of the Russian Federalism, interregional relations along with the vertical power consolidation plays a specific strategic part in the maintenance of the Russian State stability and dynamism. The problem of interregional leveling is like the way of conflict resolution between equality and efficiency. The economic efficiency growth of the country as a whole has never occurred due to all state regions. The efficiency growth inevitably leads to the emergence and deepening of interregional contrasts, growing inequality between regions - "growth poles", peripherals and semi-peripherals.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>федерализм</kwd><kwd>межрегиональные связи</kwd><kwd>межрегиональное выравнивание</kwd><kwd>межрегиональные контрасты</kwd><kwd>эффективность экономики</kwd><kwd>региональная интеграция</kwd><kwd>региональная политика</kwd><kwd>federalism</kwd><kwd>inter-regional contacts</kwd><kwd>inter-regional leveling</kwd><kwd>interregional contrasts</kwd><kwd>economic efficiency</kwd><kwd>regional integration</kwd><kwd>regional policy</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>федерализм</kwd><kwd>межрегиональные связи</kwd><kwd>межрегиональное выравнивание</kwd><kwd>межрегиональные контрасты</kwd><kwd>эффективность экономики</kwd><kwd>региональная интеграция</kwd><kwd>региональная политика</kwd><kwd>federalism</kwd><kwd>inter-regional contacts</kwd><kwd>inter-regional leveling</kwd><kwd>interregional contrasts</kwd><kwd>economic efficiency</kwd><kwd>regional integration</kwd><kwd>regional policy</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>