Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Vladimir V. Vagin
Author-Email: vagin@nifi.ru
Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia
Author-Name: Natalia A. Shapovalova
Author-Email: shapovalova@nifi.ru
Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia
Author-Name: Nadezda V. Gavrilova
Author-Email: gavrilova@nifi.ru
Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia
Title: Factors, Opportunities and Restrictions for the Development of Initiative Budgeting in the Russian Federation
Abstract: In the article the author makes the attempt to reveal the factors, opportunities and restrictions for the development of initiative budgeting (IB) in the Russian Federation. The methodology of the research includes the analysis of legal documents, statistical data about realization of IB practices in the regions, expert survey findings, materials from open sources and the analysis of the regions’ participation in the Agreement on the initiative budgeting development in the Russian Federation in the years 2016–2018, which was signed between the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the World Bank. The Agreement is based on the idea of duplication of the best Russian and foreign practices in the field of IB through methodologic, educational and consultation support to the authorities of the regions of the Russian Federation. Russian regions, based on their interest to initiative budgeting practices, are systematized into two groups. There are 44 involved and 41 undecided regions revealed. The author suggests  descriptive  characteristics  for  each  group  of  regions  and  gives  detailed  commentaries  for some regions. That helps to reveal a set of factors, that contribute to the IB development in the regions. These  factors  are  also  systematized  into  four  groups:  political-administrative,  economic,  social  and institutional. Moreover, the author offers for each group of factors the justification of why and how they determine  the  dynamics  of  IB  development  in  regions.  The  practical  importance  of  the  article  is  the ability to stimulate and predict the further development of the IB practice in Russia.
Classification-JEL: H72, H76, H79
Keywords: initiative budgeting, participatory budgeting, development factors, citizen involvement, participation of citizens, budget
Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal
Pages: 103-113
Issue: 1
Year: 2017
Month: February
File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2017/1/statii_1/fm_2017_1_08.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:170108:p:103-113