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: Sergey V. Romanov Author-Email: Sergei.Romanov@minfin.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Ministry of Finance of Russian Federation, Moscow 109097, Russia Title: Budgeting Initiative in the BRICS Countries Abstract: The article is devoted to the practice of citizen participation in budget decisions, as well as other practices of involving citizens in the development of public infrastructure in the countries that make up the BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa. A rich arsenal of these practices in the BRICS countries can serve as an effective basis for expanding the long-term cooperation of the international organization members. Classification-JEL: H72, H76, H79 Keywords: Initiative budgeting, participatory budgeting, territorial development, development of public infrastructure, BRICS Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 113-121 Issue: 4 Year: 2017 Month: August File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2017/4/articles_2017_4/fm_2017_4_09.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:170409:p:113-121