Russia's Transition to a New Federalism

In the preface to this report, it is asserted that, "history hovers... over any discussion of fiscal federalism in Russia." This report not only reviews that history, but also follows it to the present situation with respect to the difficult policy choices facing the new Putin-led government, and neatly links Russia's choices with the broader issues facing any country undergoing intergovernmental reform. Thus, the authors weave into the discussion the dynamics of Russia's options with respect to deciding who delivers what services and how to finance these services with the question of the fiscal politics of change, or the intergovernmental and inter-regional balancing and counterbalancing of power. Furthermore the authors tie these questions together with those of how to implement good governance: should it be piecemeal or unified, asymmetric or uniform, and centrally driven or locally controlled? This report also initiates the first in a series of studies that will be published in the World Bank Institute's Learning Resource Series on the issues of governance and decentralization as they are framed by the WBI's broader set of programs in public finance and financial management.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Martinez-Vasquez, Jorge, Boex, Jameson
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2001-02
Subjects:	TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES, FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION, INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, GOVERNMENT POLICY, TAX REVENUES, TAX ADMINISTRATION, TAX INCENTIVES, TRANSFER SYSTEMS, DOMESTIC DEBT, FINANCIAL CONTROL, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, BUDGET DEFICITS, SUBNATIONAL FINANCES, GOVERNMENT REFORM, FEDERAL STATUTORY LAWS, FISCAL FEDERALISM, REGRESSION ANALYSIS, TAX COLLECTION ACCOUNTABILITY, APPROPRIATIONS, AUTHORITY, AUTONOMY, BANK FAILURES, BANKRUPTCY, BORROWING, BUDGET EXECUTION, BUDGETARY RESOURCES, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS, CITIES, CITIZENS, CIVIL SERVICE, COMMUNIST, COMMUNIST PARTY, CONFEDERATION, CONSENSUS, CONSTITUTION, CONSTITUTIONS, CORRUPTION, DEBT, DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS, DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS, DECREES, DEVOLUTION, DIVISION OF POWERS, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EQUALIZATION, EXECUTION, EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURE ASSIGNMENT, EXPENDITURE ASSIGNMENTS, EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITIES, EXTRABUDGETARY FUNDS, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FISCAL, FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION, FISCAL DISCIPLINE, FISCAL REFORM, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, FISCAL SYSTEM, FORMAL SYSTEM, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT BONDS, GOVERNMENT LEVELS, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, INFORMAL ECONOMY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINANCE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL REFORM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS, LAWS, LEGAL SYSTEMS, LEGALITY, LEGISLATION, LICENSES, LOCAL FINANCE, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT, LOCAL TAX, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION, MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION POLICIES, MANDATES, MIGRATION, MOTIVATIONS, NATIONALISTS, NATIONS, NATURAL RESOURCE TAXES, NATURAL RESOURCES, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, POLITICAL AUTHORITY, POLITICAL CONFLICT, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, PRIME MINISTERS, PRIVATIZATION, PRIVATIZATION OF STATE, PROVISIONS, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC UTILITIES, REFERENDUM, REGIONAL LEGISLATURES, REPUBLICS, RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION, REVENUE ASSIGNMENT, REVENUE MOBILIZATION, SOCIAL SAFETY, SOCIAL SAFETY NET, SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL WELFARE, SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, SOVEREIGNTY, STATE PROPERTY, STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES, SUBNATIONAL BUDGETS, SUBNATIONAL DEFICITS, SUBNATIONAL FINANCE, SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, SUBVENTIONS, TAX COLLECTIONS, TAX RATES, TAX SYSTEM, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRANSITION ECONOMIES, TRANSPARENCY, URBAN GOVERNMENT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/2005716/russias-transition-new-federalism https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15248
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