Publication

This publication contains papers discussing different aspects of the EWI's project on "Reforming Municipal Finance of the Kaliningrad Oblast through Performance Budgeting" in 2005/2006. The authors examine challenges in managing budgeting processes at the local government level, tendencies toward modernizing these processes through administrative and budgetary reforms in the Russian Federation, and the policy of the oblast authorities. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between performance-based budget management and strategic regional development planning.