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Ensuring debt sustainability amid strong economic uncertainty in Hungary

Beynet, Pierre; Kierzenkowski, Rafał - 2012

reassessed by taking into account lessons from the current crisis: the share of government borrowing in foreign currency will …

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Enhancing Expenditure Control with a Decentralised Public Sector in Denmark

Daugaard, Steen - 2002

This paper analyses of some the key aspects of public expenditure policy in Denmark. The public expenditure to GDP ratio has abated markedly since the mid-1990s, reflecting both cyclical gains and the return on structural reforms. Nevertheless, the underlying upward pressure on government...

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Improving Public-spending Efficiency in Czech Regions and Municipalities

Hemmings, Philip - 2006

This paper looks at ways of ensuring Czech regions and municipalities are fully motivated to make efficiency improvements in public service provision and so help achieve countrywide fiscal sustainability. The very large number of small municipalities in the Czech Republic means that scale...

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Recent developments in the work of the Budget Office

Hadley, Sierd; Kraan, Dirk-Jan; Welham, Bryn - In: OECD journal on budgeting 18 (2018) 2, pp. 151-195

This article describes the changes that have taken place in the work of the Budget Office of the central government as a consequence of the transition from the traditional budget process, often referred to as “incremental budgeting”, to top-down budgeting. This transition has taken place in...

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Budgeting in Kazakhstan : a roadmap for continued budgetary governance reform

Beazley, Ivor; Downes, Ronnie; Nicol, Scherie - In: OECD journal on budgeting 18 (2019) 3, pp. 9-80

The Republic of Kazakhstan is the largest economy in central Asia, and one of the fastest growing in the region. Having benefited from oil wealth as well as a diversifying and liberalised economy, Kazakhstan envisages a progressive modernisation of the political, administrative and juridical...

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Improving the allocation and efficiency of public spending in Indonesia

Ollivaud, Patrice - 2017

Indonesia's fiscal position is generally sound and policy making prudent. However, the country still faces important challenges in terms of economic and social development. Infrastructure, education, health and social security are all spending areas that the government is trying to improve...

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The deterioration of the public spending mix during the global financial crisis : insights from new indicators

Bloch, Debra; Fournier, Jean-Marc - 2018

indicators combines information on the mix of public spending. Each spending item share is multiplied with an estimated … up to an aggregate inclusive growth indicator. The spending mix analysis cannot, however, measure the effectiveness of … provides an indicative overall indicator on the effects of public spending on inclusive growth. The analysis suggests that …

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The effect of the size and the mix of public spending on growth and inequality

Fournier, Jean-Marc; Johansson, Åsa - 2016

This paper provides evidence on the effects of the size and the composition of public spending on long-term growth and inequality. An estimated baseline convergence model captures the long-term effect of human capital and total investment on potential output for a panel of OECD countries. The...

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Public finance, economic growth and inequality : a survey of the evidence

Johansson, Åsa - 2016

This paper reviews the key issues concerning the impact of public spending and taxation on long-run growth and inequality and takes stock of existing theoretical and empirical studies. Overall, the evidence highlights that the size of the government matters for long-term growth as a too large...

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Chile : review of DIPRES' programme evaluation system

Beazley, Ivor; Ruiz Rivadeneira, Ana Maria - In: OECD journal on budgeting 21 (2021) 1, pp. 33-80

This review analyses the institutional arrangements, evaluation instruments and processes involved in the evaluation of spending programmes and institutions in Chile. In particular, it examines the extent to which the Chilean Budget Office’s ex post evaluations are used to inform budget...

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