Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marina V. Tsurkan Author-Email: 080783@list.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Tver State University, Tver 170100, Russia Title: Analysis of Regional Participatory Budgeting Practices in the Framework of Local Initiatives Support Program Abstract: The topic of the problem is highly relevant due to the lack of methodological approaches to the assessment of participatory budgeting practices in the Russian Federation. The paper suggests ways to assess the regional practices of implementation of local initiatives support program. It reveals their essence, the assessment technique of regional practices of public budget literacy improvement, taking into account people’s knowledge and skills. The author develops the calculation method of budgetary efficiency of the regional participatory budgeting practice in the framework of this program, and also proposes the principle of formation of the criteria for training assessment of the population involved in participatory budgeting process. Classification-JEL: H72, H77 Keywords: participatory budgeting, local initiatives support program, best regional practice, assessment of efficiency methodology Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 119-130 Issue: 3 Year: 2017 Month: June File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2017/3/articles/fm_2017_3_10.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:170310:p:119-130