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Problems of Municipal Administration in Russia and Ukraine

This article analyzes problems of municipal administration basing on a survey on a comparative program for municipal managers in Russia and Ukraine. Although the two countries have different social and economic situations, we observe similar weaknesses in local administration. The paper shows how imperfect the current laws and regulations are, because they are limiting the possibilities of local government. We draw a conclusion that it is necessary to devise a science-based concept of municipal reforms which would be relevant to constitutional principles of local government organization and would provide a reliable legal base for municipal administration

Goriachenko Е. E. [email protected]

Deyneko L. V. [email protected]

Keywords: local government Kyrgyz Republic municipal administration local governance municipal unit Russia

Fiscal mechanism to regulate municipal socio-economic development

The paper analyzes a special status and the basic components and problems of budgetary management of the socio-economic development in megalopolises. A differentiate approach to budgetary management in large cities is considered asmore applicable since it considers their special status. We offer a methodical approach to introducing mechanisms of output budgeting as it allows identifying the interdependence of fiscal indicators and those of the socio-economic development.

Papelo V. N. [email protected]

Goloshevskaya A. N. [email protected]

Keywords: megalopolis municipal unit megalopolis socio-economic development municipal unit

Information and communications technologies: how they are used by municipal authorities in the Altay Krai

The paper identifies the indices of how information and communications technologies are used by local authorities and other municipal institutions. The values of such indices are calculated for some city districts and municipalities of the Altay Krai. We show the difference between the application of the information and communications technologies by city districts and other municipalities in an agro-industrial region through using the data for the Altay Krai. The measures undertaken by the Altay Krai authorities to overcome such differences are presented

Kazantseva I. A. [email protected]

Keywords: information society electronic document management (EDM) municipal unit information and communications technologies municipal unit

Evaluating inequalities in the municipal development

The paper analyzes economic inequalities in the development of municipal units, and compares them with those concerning the subjects of the Russian Federation. We can state that the economic inequalities within the RF subject may be higher by some indicators than those between the RF subjects; and also can state that there are some municipal units observed in different RF subj ects and characterized by equal indicators. This proves the existence of trans-border regions that are economically similar. We also identify the scales of backwardness existing in most regions in comparison with regional capitals and industrial centers, and show their steady character.

Sidelnikov N. V. [email protected]

Keywords: subject of the Russian Federation municipal unit region industrial policy region structure

Competitiveness and development strategies for municipal units

The paper analyzes methodological issues of how to assess the competitiveness of municipal units; considers the issues of designing a strategy of socio-economic municipal unit development, and issues of planning the incomes and expenditures of local budgets; and analyzes scenarios of the socio-economic development in cities

Marshalova A. S. [email protected]/ru

Novoselov A. S. [email protected]

Keywords: local government municipal unit competitiveness municipal governance municipal unit