The first Southern Interregional Scientific and Practical Conference «Modern Challenges and Prospects for the Development of the Russian Economy» was organized by the Bank of Russia.

The conference presented the results of scientific research of high practical importance for the Bank of Russia's monetary policy aimed at achieving the inflation target and ensuring sustainable economic growth. Representatives of the macroregion's scientific community and employees of the Bank of Russia discussed the following topical topics: modern approaches to monetary policy, promising areas of research at the Bank of Russia, factors and consequences of inflation, the labor market, and modeling the effects of monetary policy.

The event was attended by Andrey Gangan, Director of the Monetary Policy Department of the Bank of Russia; Elena Olenina, Deputy Director of the Monetary Policy Department of the Bank of Russia; Alexander Morozov, Director of the Research and Forecasting Department of the Bank of Russia; Alexander Gostev, Deputy Head of the Southern Department of the Bank of Russia; and 16 governors of the territorial institutions of the Bank of Russia in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts and new regions, as well as teachers and graduate students from leading universities in these regions. 

Stavropol State Agrarian University will become a platform for the exchange of experience and knowledge, the transfer of innovative solutions in the field of economics.

Based on the results of the practical conferences, it is planned to form and post a collection of reports on the platform. eLibrary.ru for indexing in the Russian Science Citation Index (RISC).

During the conference, Dmitry Zaporozhets, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the Department of Management and Sustainable Development of SSAU Territories, presented a report on the topic «The labor market of the agricultural sector of the economy: labor productivity in agriculture.»

–– I would like to emphasize that the SSAU and the Bank of Russia have long-term partnerships. We actively develop joint educational programs for students and teachers, including training at corporate universities, internships and internships. Graduates of SSAU are already successfully implementing themselves in various structures of the Bank of Russia, contributing to the development of the national financial system. We will only strengthen the dynamics,» said Vladimir Sitnikov, Rector of SSAU.