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Assessing effectiveness of regional executive authorities: the analysis of the Russian legislation performance evaluation of authorities

The paper describes the problems and contradictions of the current techniques for assessing effectiveness of regional bodies of executive authority. We show that such techniques allow introducing new instruments for regional support, on the one hand, and do not allow the monitoring of regional changes, on the other hand. We present our proposals on how to improve the techniques.

Atamas Ye. V. eatamas@bk.ru

Keywords: region region executive authorities management assessment administrative reform

Practices and problems ofproviding federal and municipal services inthe regions ofthe SiberianFederal District

The paper analyzes how the regions of the Siberian Federal District implement the administrative reform, and what shortcomings and problems are observed in providing public and municipal services at the level of the units of the Russian Federation. We can conclude that there is a necessity to improve federal laws in relation to such issues as formulating registers of public services and duties, making government contracts, and providing public and municipal services on the base of multifunctional centers and in electronic forms.

Simagina O. V. simagina@sapa.nsk.su

Dolgopolov D. F. ddf@obladm.nso.ru

Keywords: executive authorities public services administrative reform public and municipal services service register administrative regulations

The administrative reform: sub-federal problems and governance improvements

The paper shows, applying data concerning the Novosibirsk Oblast, what mechanisms a concept the Russian administrative reform provided for to implement each area of this reform. We also show the problems which impede the reform progress in regions. In our opinion, a sectoral approach to assess the efficiency of governmental expenditures for health care and education made in regions proved to be ineffective, and we present our considerations on how to improve this.

Zhdan G. V. gvzhdan@ieie.nsc.ru

Keywords: crisis executive authorities unit of the Russian Federation administrative reform management by results

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