Russian federation : Social Expenditure and Fiscal Federalism in Russia
The Russia Social Expenditure Review (SER) has been undertaken by the human development team in the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank at the request of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. This Report presents the key f...
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| Format: | Public Expenditure Review |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20110210235341 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2735 |
| Summary: | The Russia Social Expenditure Review
(SER) has been undertaken by the human development team in
the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank at the
request of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian
Federation. This Report presents the key findings of the
Russia SER work. The key objectives of the SER are to: 1)
benchmark Russia's social spending and some human
development outcomes to those in Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries; 2) present a
topology of Russia's regions in terms of spending
efficiency in health and education; 3) identify options for
achieving higher levels of efficiency in public spending on
health and education; and 4) analyze the system of
inter-budgetary transfers in the framework of delivery of
social services, and suggest options for improvements in
this system. The findings presented in the report are not
intended as normative statements on what should be the right
levels of spending or the right composition of spending in
Russia or its regions. The analysis of social sector
spending is undertaken keeping in mind that efficiency and
equity considerations are closely linked to institutional
changes in the policy environment. The public spending
efficiency reforms are indeed quite high on the policy
agenda in Russia, but they are implemented unevenly across regions. |
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