Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Alekhin Boris I. Author-Email: alekhin@rdm.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Budget and Treasury Academy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Title: Interagency Special Purpose Programs Abstract: The article author examines the experience gained by the international budget experts and shows that the program-based budgeting has the advantages that the line item budgeting method lacks. He also describes how the program-based budgeting methodology is implemented on the agency level. The interagency special purpose programs have been elaborated that are based on the Federal Financial and Budget Supervision Service data. Classification-JEL: Keywords: budget, expenditure, agency, program Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 5-14 Issue: 4 Year: 2010 Month: October File-URL: http://finjournal-nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2010/4/statii/100401.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:100401:p:5-14