The article is devoted to the analysis of the phenomenon of local self-governing, with a new institutional theory being the basis of the analysis. The article analyses the institutional costs of local authorities in small towns and regions when they perform their functions. These costs are, in...

The article tries to assess the role of health statistics of the people in the state-run Health Service in modern Russia. The article analyses the problems connected with collecting statistics and concludes that medical statistics does not reflect the real situation in the Health Service and the...

This article examines the interaction between municipal district and settlement authorities. Th e author covers such aspects as local economy, a human factor in the relationships, methods of forming a municipal districts representative body and practical problems of the territorial organization...

The idea of performance assessment and pay-for-performance of civil servants originated over ten years ago, but experts still are searching for the proper implementation of this idea. This article analyses the results gained by some of the federal agencies that implemented the...

The article considers the implementation of a new instrument at the regional level. It is a long-term contract in road building which motivates business to provide a good, qualitative service in road building; repairing and exploiting an infrastructural transport object during its life-long...

The article says about the necessity to create an eff ective structure to counteract corruption. It should be based on the prevention principle, the absence of which is believed to be making it signifi cantly diffi cult to fi ght corruption in our country. Having analyzed the world experience in...

In accordance with the general rule established by the legislation on state control and antitrust legislation, the implementation of control powers by state and municipal institutions (state-financed organizations) is not allowed. However, despite the prohibitions, other federal laws and laws of...

Public health is mainly dependent on the lifestyle and habits adopted by the population. However, Russians traditionally dont pay enough attention to the healthy lifestyle, as compared with other nations. Last two decades in Russia were marked by an increasing number of young smokers, alcohol...