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PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN RUSSIA: EXPERIENCE, RESULTS, PROSPECTS

N. Ivanova, V. Fedosov

Abstract

In the present paper, the authors study practice of public participation in the budget process in the Russian Federation and analyze huge material thereon for the period from 2007 till 2017. Particular attention is paid to participatory budgeting (PB) as a dynamically developing form of public participation and civil initiatives. With the account of the world experience of PB use, the authors investigated the problems of participation thereof in the Russian Federation exploring in detail implementation of RB in Saint Petersburg, a city of federal importance with population more than 5 million people, which took place during the experiment held in 2016 in two administrative districts of the historic center. The results of the analysis in question allowed for determining the challenges, which state authorities and citizens faced at PB implementation, as well as suggesting necessary conditions for successful PB development in the long run. The authors find it expedient to use the PB model, which mostly corresponds to the initial stage of its implementation. Directions of engaging the best Russian experience of public participation in the budget process in other regions of Russia and abroad are also determined.

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