Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/87608 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
CASE Network Reports No. 103
Publisher: 
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Warsaw
Abstract: 
This paper explores the effects that the global financial crisis of 2008 - 2010 had on the funding and performance of the healthcare and education sectors in the Russian Federation (RF). Both education and healthcare expenditures increased in terms of total general government (GG) spending relative to GDP, partly as a result of reduced GDP. The crisis induced further centralization by increasing both the role of the federal budget in funding social services and the dependence of regions on federal transfers, but it did not result in enhanced resource allocation or more effective public spending. By revealing the inefficiencies that accumulated in education and healthcare financing and management throughout the 2000s, the crisis exposed acute funding shortages in contrast to the government's stated goals and an urgent need for reform in these sectors. The impact of the financial crisis on the delivery of education and health services appeared to be delayed and was mitigated by the resources accumulated during the pre-crisis boom. The paper concludes with several recommendations for the RF public service sector concerning improvements in the inter-governmental transfer system through increasing transparency and introducing performance-oriented budgeting.
Subjects: 
Fiscal policy
Russian Federation
Education financing
Health financing
Global economic crisis
JEL: 
E62
H50
H51
H52
I18
I22
ISBN: 
978-83-7178-540-5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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