The Russian federal government has recently initiated a fundamental reform of its budget system, encompassing important … policy, procedural, and institutional changes. This paper reviews this reform agenda with reference to the experience of … industrial countries that over the past two to three decades have followed a similar reform path toward a more devolved budget …

Reform Coordination Unit (RCU), with the participation of staff of the African Development Bank and the World Bank, and with … provides a renewed baseline for monitoring progress in PFM reform and for supporting the GoL in refining, where necessary, the … current PFM reform strategy. The assessment snapshot date was April 23, 2012. The report was reviewed by the GoL, the PEFA …