According to the head of government, if there are problems in one economic sector, it can be compensated at the expense of others.
Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko named five main factors that help the domestic economy survive in difficult conditions. This was reported by a Sputnik correspondent from JSC “Novopolessky” in the Soligorsk district, which was visited by the head of government on Wednesday.
According to him, this is, firstly, the diversification of economic sectors – agriculture, food production, manufacturing, oil refining, and so on.
“It was really not easy for the country’s leadership: not to lose any of the sectors that we inherited from Soviet Belarus. It required huge financial resources, exertion of strength, and now it pays off. we can compensate at the expense of others. This is the first factor in the sustainability of the Belarusian model,” he said.
The second is the planned economic development. The Prime Minister noted that Belarus has been criticized and continues to be criticized for this. But they admit that in times of crisis it is “one of the key factors of survival.”
“Of course, we don’t have the same Soviet state planning when everything was planned in pieces – how many buttons to produce and so on … We clearly know how much housing we will build this year, next year. We know how many roads, objects, which are included in the state program. This gives stability,” Golovchenko stressed.
The third pillar of the Belarusian economy is an evolutionary movement along the path of reform. According to the prime minister, no sudden movements are being made in the country: today we are abandoning it, and tomorrow we are starting to run along a different road.
“If you notice, such shyness does not lead to anything good,” he stated.
The main thing is people
The fourth factor, in his opinion, is people. Roman Golovchenko noted that the Belarusian people are very hardworking, despite the fact that the authorities often talk about working harder.
The head of government considers the balance between the industrial and humanitarian spheres to be the fifth column and foundation in the Belarusian economy.
“After all, we have a human-centric model. We are trying to do everything to develop both the production and humanitarian sectors in a balanced way. We are analyzing the experience of other countries, looking at what things to take from them. Therefore, we are trying to develop both the state form of ownership and private. Because we understand that a private owner will not pull the social sphere to the extent that Belarusians are used to,” he concluded.
