Russia lacks the financial resources to improve living standards in the Arctic: A case of the Sakha Republic

IF 1.5 4区 地球科学 Q3 ECOLOGY
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This paper focuses on the Sakha Republic in the Russian Far East as one of the Arctic regions. Russia's Arctic policy gives priority to improving the living standard and quality of life of Arctic inhabitants. I examine the feasibility of Russia's Arctic policy in the context of economic and social situation in the Sakha Republic and fiscal capacity of local governments, which are responsible for the provision of social public services. The Arctic region is an important ‘donor’ for the Russian economy, which can bring abundant tax revenues to the state budget. However, it has not been considered enough if this wealth contributes to the sustainable development of Arctic societies. This paper provides an overview of Russia's Arctic policy, followed by an analysis of the socio-economic situation in the Sakha Republic after the collapse of the USSR. Then, local public service provision and its finance is analyzed based on the fiscal statistics of the Republic. I conclude that local governments face difficulties in enhancing their public services due to a lack of financial resources and absence of decision-making autonomy, because of centralization in the past decades.

俄罗斯缺乏提高北极地区生活水平的财政资源:萨哈共和国的案例
本文重点介绍作为北极地区之一的俄罗斯远东地区的萨哈共和国。俄罗斯的北极政策优先考虑提高北极居民的生活水平和质量。我结合萨哈共和国的经济和社会状况以及负责提供社会公共服务的地方政府的财政能力,研究了俄罗斯北极政策的可行性。北极地区是俄罗斯经济的重要 "捐助国",可以为国家预算带来丰厚的税收。然而,这些财富是否有助于北极地区社会的可持续发展还没有得到足够的重视。本文概述了俄罗斯的北极政策,随后分析了苏联解体后萨哈共和国的社会经济状况。然后,根据共和国的财政统计数据,分析了地方公共服务的提供及其财政状况。我的结论是,由于过去几十年的中央集权,地方政府缺乏财政资源和决策自主权,因此在加强公共服务方面面临困难。
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Polar Science
Polar Science ECOLOGY-GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
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3.90
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5.60%
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46
期刊介绍: Polar Science is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly journal. It is dedicated to publishing original research articles for sciences relating to the polar regions of the Earth and other planets. Polar Science aims to cover 15 disciplines which are listed below; they cover most aspects of physical sciences, geosciences and life sciences, together with engineering and social sciences. Articles should attract the interest of broad polar science communities, and not be limited to the interests of those who work under specific research subjects. Polar Science also has an Open Archive whereby published articles are made freely available from ScienceDirect after an embargo period of 24 months from the date of publication. - Space and upper atmosphere physics - Atmospheric science/climatology - Glaciology - Oceanography/sea ice studies - Geology/petrology - Solid earth geophysics/seismology - Marine Earth science - Geomorphology/Cenozoic-Quaternary geology - Meteoritics - Terrestrial biology - Marine biology - Animal ecology - Environment - Polar Engineering - Humanities and social sciences.
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