Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Alexander I. Borodin Author-Email: aib-2004@yandex.ru Author-Workplace-Name: State University of the Ministry of Finance of the Russia, Moscow, Russia Author-Name: Nataliya N. Kiselyova Author-Email: kisnatasha@yandex.ru Author-Workplace-Name: North Caucasus Institute — Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Pyatigorsk, Russia Author-Name: Nataliya N. Shash Author-Email: nshash@gumf.ru Author-Workplace-Name: State University of the Ministry of Finance of the Russia, Moscow, Russia Title: Dirigist Traps in Implementation of the Federal Target Programs and Development Institutes Abstract: The article presents the experience of implementation of the Federal Target Programs within the territory of the North Caucuses Federal District and concludes that implementation of the dirigist model only does not ensure the desired result. It is proposed to focus the regional economic policy on development of the direct investment funds. Meanwhile, to take a region to the catching-up development curve requires a combination of the dirigist and institutional economic growth models. Classification-JEL: R13, R58, H61, H68 Keywords: federal target programs, efficiency assessment, regional economic policy, dirigist growth model, institutional growth models, establishment of the development institutes, direct investment funds Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 5-16 Issue: 2 Year: 2012 Month: April File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2012/2/statii/2012_02_01.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:120201:p:5-16