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Improvement of Evaluation Approaches of the Russian Public Programs

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  • George Borshchevskiy

    (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia)

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In this article we discuss the practice of implementing and evaluating public programs in the Russian Federation. Federal public programs in the period from 2011 to 2017 were surveyed. We present the results of empirical analysis of programs, their descriptive characteristics, and the overall situation with public programs, and the quality of their implementation. We revealed the relationship between the dynamics of socio-economic development and achievement of the program targets. Also we clarified the link between the level of public programs implementation by federal executive bodies and the effectiveness of implementation their other functions. The system problem is that the target indicators of public programs are developing now by the responsible executor, proceeding from the simple and fast reporting. As a result, the indicators are process-oriented, but not result-oriented. We suggest use the programs implementation effectiveness as an indicator of the effectiveness of the public authorities and their managers, including organizational and staffing decisions making by the President and the Government of the Russian Federation. We also recommend complement the existing methodology with the regulatory impact assessing at the stage of developing programs and the actual impact assessing after their completion. Also should be developed a methodology for assessing the "sensitivity" of the spheres of regulation to the program mechanisms. We offer to enter the maximum number of target program indicators and prohibit their change during the program implementation period. It is necessary to provide the possibility of changing the financial support of programs in the period of their implementation, taking into account the achieved target indicators. These measures will make it possible to target responsible executors of the public programs to achieve the final results and to evaluate their activities in a comprehensive, regular and comparable manner.

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  • George Borshchevskiy, 2018. "Improvement of Evaluation Approaches of the Russian Public Programs," HSE Economic Journal, National Research University Higher School of Economics, vol. 22(1), pages 110-134.
    • Handle: RePEc:hig:ecohse:2018:1:5
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    Cited by:

    1. Andrei I. Kostin, 2020. "Organization of Program- and Target-Oriented Funding for Research in Russia," Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal, Financial Research Institute, Moscow 125375, Russia, issue 1, pages 27-40, February.

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    Keywords

    public program; program-target planning; evidence-based policy; results-based management; efficiency;
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    JEL classification:

    • C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
    • O21 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Planning Models; Planning Policy
    • P41 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Planning, Coordination, and Reform

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