Explaining European Union Aid to Russia

Bibliographic Data

ID7981452
AuthorsTomila V Lankina (0000-0002-8303-1747, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, corresponding author), Tomila Lankina (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
Year2005
Volume21
Issue4
Pages309-334
Publication date2005-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePost-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1060586x.2005.12049784
OpenAlexW4252289415, W4246649191
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited21

An expert on local government in Russia analyzes patterns of aid allocation that are a key component defining the relationship between the EU and Russia. In an analysis of donor intentions and choices based on a dataset of all EU projects conducted in Russia's regions during 1991–2005, as well as interviews with EU and Russian officials involved in EU-funded projects and key EU policy and strategy papers, the roles that democratic performance and economic, strategic, and cultural factors have played in the EU's and its members states' choices of projects to fund in Russia are examined. A fifth factor, bureaucratic efficiency, is also considered

Bureaucracy · Business · Component (thermodynamics · Democracy · Economic policy · Economic system · Economics · European union · Government (linguistics · International trade · Key (lock · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Sociology · Soviet union · European Politics and Security · European Union Policy and Governance · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration

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