Vol 6, No 3 (2019)

The work is devoted to the actual problem of security and safety of information resources of enterprises. The article analyzes the state of information security in Russia, in the observed trends of rapid growth of the digital economy. The study examined the theoretical foundations of the digital economy and information security, identified key areas of cybercrime. Identified existing information security systems in the Russian market. The work analyzed the activities of the largest companies in the field of information security, which are among the leaders of the information security market.

The article describes the housing policy of the PRC since the launch of market reforms and its consequences for the social and economic situation in the country. The main part of the article is devoted to the housing program that was carried out in Chongqing, a Chinese municipality under the direct administration of central government. The author analyzes what were the main features of this program that differed it from similar economic experiments that were conducted in other regions of the PRC. An important point stressed by the article is the distinction of the ways that housing program was financed. The article also shows how some elements of the Chongqing experience of solving housing problems were spread to other regions of the country, especially the construction of affordable rental housing.

The article is devoted to the problem of uneven socio-economic development of German states and the role of regional policy in overcoming regional disparities. In the article are described the causes of social and economic inequality between former East (the GDR) and West (the FRG) Germany. The author analyzes the dynamics of regional disparities using The Lorenz Curves and statistical maps based on data about the so-called regional benefits coefficient (a ratio of the cumulative portion of the GRP to the cumulative portion of the population). Other indicators of regional development (GRP per capita, the unemployment rate) are also considered. The main directions of the regional policy of the German Government are characterized. On the basis of the conducted research a general assessment of its efficiency is given.

The article analyzes mining industry impact on the socio-economic development of the Magadan Region from the beginning of the industrial development of its territory (1920s-XX centuries) to the present. The role of the industry as the driving force of the infrastructure arrangement of the territory, the formation factor of the demographic and territorial structure of the region, the main source of financial and social well-being was evaluated. The ultra-industrial feature of the economy of some municipalities is revealed and the weak points of this development way are indicated.