Project-Based Tools for Public Budget Management: Implementation Experience and Prospects

Abstract— The article analyzes the practice of using a project approach in managing the state budget abroad and in Russia and identifies its advantages and limitations. And although the coverage of federal budget expenditures by project instruments is growing, and the quality of project activity organization in Russia is improving, the further development of project management is constrained by the state of the institutional environment, the low level of interdepartmental interaction and synchronization of management procedures in the implementation of activities, a weak methodological base, and the practical demand for the results of project implementation effectiveness assessment. The authors attempted to find answers to current challenges and determine directions for further development of this management technology.