According to data released by the RF Ministry of Finance, against the backdrop of deteriorating economic dynamic, the consolidated debt of the subjects and municipalities of the Russian Federation amounted to Rb3.16 trillion, or 2.09% of GDP, as of January 1, 2023. Despite an increase by Rb...

In 2017, the budgets of subjects of the Russian Federation ran a deficit of RUB 15.5 billion, urban districts' budgets ran a deficit of RUB 29.5 billion, federal-status cities' inner-city municipalities' budgets ran a surplus of RUB 0.5 billion, municipal areas' budgets ran a deficit of RUB 5.4...

According to the results of Q3 2022, total revenues of consolidated budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation amounted to Rb14.06 trillion, which is by 17.9% higher than the value of this indicator for the same period in 2021 and exceeds the annual inflation rate. These figures have been...

This paper presents the findings of the agriculture public expenditure review (PER) for the Russian Federation. It reviews the policy instruments and historical trends in the volumes and composition of budget support and investigates their role in recent agricultural growth. The paper also...

In January-July 2019, amid the upturn in industry driven mainly by resource-producing territories and sectors and weak growth in consumption the most serious problems were still the level of households' incomes and the volume of investments which fell in more than a half of regions. The housing...

This paper explores the role of Croatian large cities in financing local development projects. Croatian cities have limited autonomy in realization of public revenue. There are a small number of fiscal instruments to which cities can fully leverage or at least under the statutory limits can...

In early 2018, Russian regions saw their socioeconomic status less problematic. However, none of them has reported sustainable development. Budgets have improved somewhat. Dynamics of income and expenditure less Moscow was rather moderate. Federal assistance is channeled to regions of...