Strengthening Russia's Fiscal Framework

Author/Editor:

Daria V Zakharova ; Charleen A Gust

Publication Date:

March 1, 2012

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

Though many aspects of Russia's fiscal policy framework are close to best practice on paper, actual practice in recent years has been moving away from best practice. In particular, the continued focus on the overall rather than the nonoil balance, and the regular use of supplemental budgets to spend windfall oil revenues contribute to procylicality of fiscal policy, risking costly boom-bust cycles. Against this background, this paper suggests several improvements to the framework for fiscal policy.

Series:

Working Paper No. 12/76

Subject:

Commodity price fluctuations Consumption Fiscal policy Fiscal sustainability Nonoil sector Oil prices Oil producing countries Oil revenues Russian Federation

English

Publication Date:

March 1, 2012

ISBN/ISSN:

9781475502282/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2012076

Format:

Paper

Pages:

29

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