REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AS THE BASIS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE

The Тssue of tСe country's competitiveness rising in the global competitive environment is investigated in our article. The dynamics of competitiveness indicators of Ukraine's economy in the world rankings of economic development is analyzed by authors. It stipulates that the basics of increasing competitiveness strategy are the improvement the country's competitive advantages at the regional level. Model of regional competitiveness formation for the effective use of all available resources in the Ukraine's economy is created by authors and offered for the practice. Model of "pyramid of the regional competitiveness" has great practical value. It proposes specific instruments for the individual factors determining the regional competitiveness, which are adequate to the productive specialization, the level of development, cultural and historic features of the region.