Cluster Approach to Managing Regional Economic Development and Prospects of its Introduction in Ukraine

The article considers problems of formation and functioning with consideration of foreign experience, clusters and cluster networks in the national economy of Ukraine. It shows shortcomings of domestic state cluster policy and its legislative-normative non-determinancy. And it substantiates the ways and directions of more active use of the cluster approach for managing regional economic development and degree of participation of the state in support and assistance to development of clusters and cluster initiatives.