Participatory Budgeting as Potential Indicator of Meeting Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations 2030 Agenda
The paper is devoted to one of the most effective global tools of ensuring public participation over the past 30 years, namely, participatory budgeting, a mechanism for involving ordinary citizens in budget distribution. We examine the development of participatory budgeting in Russia, its contribution to transparency and efficiency of public administration, as well as addressing sustainable development problems. We come to a conclusion that participatory budgeting can be used as an indicator for the seven goals of sustainable development of the UN 2030 agenda. In this regard, the analysis of the initiative budgeting development progress in Russia should be included in the second Voluntary Report on the Implementation of the SDGs for the submission to the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, prepared by the Russian Federation.