Lipina S.A. Population policy priorities in the North Caucasus region

Lipinа S.A.

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Department of Public Policy, National Research University – Higher School of Economics; Chief Scientific Researcher, Council for the Study of Productive Forces under the Ministry of the Economic Development of Russia and the Russian Academy of Sciences (s.lipina@mail.ru)

Abstract.

The paper examines major peculiarities of the demographic process, analyses ethnical and population risks and reveals features of the historically conditioned forms of the interethnic conflicts management. The author defines the core set of the population policy priorities in the regions of the North Caucasus District, outlines the main strategic directions of the social policy.

Key words: North Caucasus, human capital, development priorities, population policy, migration policy, labour force, interethnic conflicts, cross-migration flows, rural overpopulation.

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