STATE AND REGIONAL INVESTMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS (INFRASTRUCTURAL ASPECT)

The article is devoted to the study of state and regional investment in the development of rural areas, taking into account the infrastructural aspect In today's conditions of rapid development of digital technologies, structural economic changes and changes in the state of the surrounding natural environment, it becomes especially important when the environment in which the development of rural areas is characterized by a high degree of uncertainty and unpredictability, the availability of their state and regional support is extremely important. It was established that life in rural areas has its own specifics and features, and its infrastructural support is characterized by the following aspects. It was determined that the issues of state and regional investment require the solution of special problems faced in rural areas, but these problems have, surprisingly, a number of advantages. The main internal factors of state and regional investment with regard to the infrastructural aspect include: level of qualification, intellectual potential, motivation, family traditions, religion, belonging to the social environment, etc. The main external factors of state and regional investment with regard to the infrastructural aspect include: demographic processes, legal norms, infrastructure, the state support system, the level of production development, the state of the natural environment, etc. A comparison of the rural areas of the oblasts was made in terms of infrastructure. The highest level of infrastructural provision is characterized by such regions as: Lviv, Ternopil, and Poltava. Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad and Transcarpathian regions are characterized by the lowest level of infrastructure support. Also, one of the painful issues noted not only by scientists or practitioners, but by all citizens is the unsatisfactory condition of road surfaces in rural areas. Although in some regions the "Major Construction" Program is being implemented quite successfully