This analysis addresses the coverage and targeting performance of Russia's housing allowance programme, a programme characterized by very substantial decentralization in programme administration. Coverage in the five sample cities is generally low. Targeting of benefits in these cities -...

The Budget Code of the Russian Federation requires that local self-governments prepare their budgets for the next year taking into account the likely economic situation in that year. To date these governments have had little guidance to use in preparing their budgets. This paper reports the...