The article reveals the features of social expenditures in the North of Russia. It contains the analysis of the main sources of funding such as regional and municipal budgets and off-budget funds. The following trends are revealed: heightened social costs caused by high life-support expenses, increasing of social expenditures, reinforcement of social policy due to the raise in pensions, smoothing of spatial and structural differences
Keywords
region, public health, education, the north, budget, culture, social security, social policy, social expenditures, finances