Regional economic disparities are often regarded as signs of a country's uneven or backward development. After analyzing China's regional economic performances from 2003 to 2007, this paper concludes that the emergence of interior regions provides new momentum for China's economic growth, and...

In the first five months of 2018, socio-economic dynamic improved; however, there was no sustainable growth in most regions. Russian territories' budgets have also improved: in the course of presidential elections, regional transfers have substantially grown, and so have social expenditures