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Russian experts: missing actors of the budget process

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This article provides an examination of the role of experts in the Russian budget process. Experts are those whose role is based on specialised knowledge and technical skills, rather than affiliation to an agency, association or political party. Ideally their contributions are impartial. In the first part of the article the channels of expert influence are described, primarily within the executive branch. Features are found in these channels that mean that impartial advice is not always guaranteed. In the second part, on the basis of a survey of experts, the answers to two questions are sought: whether they feel that impartial advice is expected of them and whether they provide it. There are negative elements in the responses on both counts, suggesting that despite some evidence of demand for such advice on the part of policy-makers, expert advice is often not impartial.

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  • Lev Jakobson, 2017. "Russian experts: missing actors of the budget process," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(4), pages 491-504, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pocoec:v:29:y:2017:i:4:p:491-504
    DOI: 10.1080/14631377.2017.1333792
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    1. Yakobson, L., 2019. "Researchers and experts in the scientific journal," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 44(4), pages 230-238.
    2. Yulia A. Krasheninnikova, 2019. "The Problems of Ensuring the Quality of Experts’ Work: the Case of Media Content Evaluation in the Russian Federation," Administrative Consulting, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. North-West Institute of Management., issue 3.

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