The Impact of the Cost of Demining on the Trajectory of Socio-Economic Systems Recovery in the Post-Conflict Period

The problem of demining is becoming increasingly prevalent in all areas of life at the international, national and local levels of government. For several decades, demining has been a global task that should be considered not only from a technical perspective, but also through the socio-economic lens of restoration and further development of territorial systems. In this context, it is of particular importance to study the cost of demining, which, from an economic perspective, has a direct impact on the speed and quality of this process, and therefore on the pace of recovery and the trajectory of further socio-economic development in areas devastated by armed conflict. For Ukraine, this area of study has become particularly pertinent in light of the necessity to restore the potential of local socio-economic systems, which are already facing challenges due to the ongoing conflict. International experience can offer insights into the prospects for accelerating the stabilization of internal processes within the state, which justifies the relevance of this research topic. The objective of this study is to investigate the correlation between the cost of demining and the restoration of post-conflict socio-economic systems on a global scale. The research methodology is based on a set of methods and principles of scientific knowledge, including general and special methods and techniques used in the study. These include systemic and process approaches, historical and logical methods, comparative analysis, grouping and typology, and logical generalization. The main results of the research are based on the connection between the peculiarities of demining, which form the cost of this process, and the pace of recovery of socio-economic systems in the post-conflict period. The study found that the imperfect nature of the information base for the cost of demining correlates with the adoption of imperfect and erroneous management decisions that delay this process and the transition of socio-economic systems from conflict to post-conflict period, then to reconstruction phase and, finally, to development period. The practical value of the article lies in providing an information and analytical basis for further recommendations to be formulated by state authorities and local self-government bodies in Ukraine on the prospects for implementing international experience in demining to restore the country's territorial potential from a socio-economic perspective.