TY - BOOK ID - 84541068 TI - Benchmarking the Efficiency of Public Expenditure in the Russian Federation AU - Hauner, David. AU - International Monetary Fund. PY - 2007 SN - 1462379028 1452781389 1283513544 9786613825995 1451912625 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Public Finance KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General KW - Education: General KW - Health: General KW - National Government Expenditures and Health KW - National Government Expenditures and Education KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Education KW - Health economics KW - Expenditure KW - Health KW - Health care spending KW - Education spending KW - Expenditures, Public KW - Russian Federation KW - Fiscal policy KW - Econometric models. KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Economic conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84541068 AB - This paper benchmarks the efficiency of public expenditure in the social sectors in the Russian Federation relative to other countries and among the country's regions. It finds that there is substantial room for efficiency gains, particularly in health care and social protection, although less so in education. An econometric analysis of efficiency differences between the regions suggests that they are positively related to per capita income and the quality of governance and democratic control, while they are negatively related to the share of federal transfers in the respective region's government revenue and the level of spending relative to gross regional product. ER -