Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Vladimir V. Vagin
Author-Email: vagin@nifi.ru
Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russian Federation
Author-Name: Irina V. Petrova
Author-Email: iniveri@yandex.ru
Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russian Federation
Title: The Role of Public Participation in Ensuring the Efficiency of Budget Expenditures
Abstract: The article is devoted to the relation between public participation and the effectiveness of budget expenditures. Studying the effectiveness of budget expenditures is one of the most relevant topics of public finance. At the same time, the question of whether civil participation has an impact on improving
the efficiency of public spending is not often considered in the scientific literature. The authors analyze the development of the system of civil participation in the implementation of projects of state programs and national projects of the Russian Federation, and conclude that civil participation is important for improving the efficiency of budget expenditures. The results of citizens’ participation in the implementation of "Formation of a comfortable urban environment" federal project are chosen as the basis for the empirical analysis of this article. The authors attempt to determine the main approaches to forming indicators of the effectiveness of public participation in state programs and federal projects. The article also contains recommendations aimed at encouraging event organizers to engage citizens at the regional and local levels.
Classification-JEL: H72, H76, H79
Keywords: civil participation, efficiency of budget expenditures, participatory budgeting, allocation efficiency, “Formation of a comfortable urban environment” federal project
Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal
Pages: 25-38
Issue: 6
Year: 2020
Month: December
DOI: 10.31107/2075-1990-2020-6-25-38
File-URL: https://www.finjournal-nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2020/6/statii/02_6_2020_v12.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:200602:p:25-38