Performance audit in the public sector: Domestic and foreign experience

• Isaev, Eli A. ^[1] ; Fedchenko, Elena A. ^[1] ; Gusarova, Lyubov V. ^[1] ; Polyakova, Olga A. ^[2] ; Vasyunina, Margarita L. ^[1]
  1. [1] Department of State Financial Control and Treasury, FINANCIAL UNIVERSITY UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  2. [2] Department of Public Finance, FINANCIAL UNIVERSITY UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• Localización: Estudios de economía aplicada, ISSN 1133-3197, ISSN-e 1697-5731, Vol. 39, Nº Extra 6, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Special Issue: Innovative Development and Economic Growth in the CIS Countries)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The study is devoted to the problems of organising a state efficiency audit in the Russian Federation, which is a key tool for assessing the utilisation of public resources and the degree of achievement of the country's socio-economic goals. Based on the analysis of foreign practices, the study of problematic aspects of the organisation and implementation of state financial control, such as the audit of the efficiency of the use of public resources, was carried out. The purpose of the study was to investigate the essence and organisational and methodological aspects of conducting such a type of financial control as a performance audit in the public sector of the Russian Federation. In the course of the study, empirical research, comparative and statistical research, synthesis of theoretical and practical material were used. Methods of grouping and classification were used in the processing and systematisation of information. The problem of efficient use of public resources is one of the most pressing issues of the budget process in the Russian Federation. In these conditions, the role of state financial bodies is more important than ever, the purpose of which is to ensure the expediency, legality, and efficiency of the generation, distribution, and use of budget resources.