Instrumental and Methodological Approaches to Research of Socio - Economic Development of the Region

This paper offers a number of instrumental and methodological approaches applicable in socio-economic study of the region. We have conducted a comprehensive monitoring and predictive study of socio-economic development of the region (on the example of life quality of the population differentiation by the territories of the Republic of Tatarstan) with a comparative assessment and analysis of the proposed scenarios of the medium term forecast (up to the year of 2020).