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Improving the Fiscal Framework to Enhance Growth in an Era of Fiscal Consolidation in Slovakia
Klein, Caroline; Price, Robert W.R.; Wörgötter, Andreas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
The challenge for fiscal policy in Slovakia is to achieve fiscal consolidation in a way which supports the fragile recovery and protects spending on areas which are important for re-embarking on a trajectory of high trend growth and underpinning a catch-up in living standards. While the recently...
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Managing Public Expenditure: The UK Approach
Noord, Paul van den - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
The UK medium-term budgetary framework introduced in 1997 addressed a number of weaknesses of the former regime, notably a bias against capital expenditure and, more generally, poor conditions for longerterm planning adversely affecting central government spending departments, local authorities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045652
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Managing Public Expenditure: Some Emerging Policy Issues and A Framework for Analysis
Atkinson, Paul; Noord, Paul van den - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001
This paper highlights some key policy issues regarding the performance of public expenditure and proposes an analytical framework for its assessment. The framework distinguishes three economic objectives of policies in the pursuit of better performance of public expenditure: macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045810
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Public Spending in Norway
Joumard, Isabelle; Suyker, Wim - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
Public spending is very high in Norway, partly reflecting an extensive coverage of the welfare system and ambitious regional development objectives. Moreover, several institutional features contribute to dampening the cost-effectiveness of many public-spending programmes. Abundant oil revenues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045873
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Getting Back on Track: Restoring Fiscal Sustainability in Ireland
Haugh, David - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Ireland’s banking crisis, one of the most severe in the OECD area, and the associated economic recession have taken a … banks’ liabilities, has led to Ireland losing the confidence of the sovereign bond market and requiring financial assistance … Paper relates to the 2011 OECD Economic Survey of Ireland (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/ireland).<P>Rétablir la viabilité …
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Public Expenditure Reform: The Health Care Sector in the United Kingdom
Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000
Health services are largely tax-financed in the United Kingdom and account for 14 per cent of general government spending. This paper analyses how the National Health Service (NHS) has been dealing with the associated expenditure pressures in the pre-1990 set-up and during the “quasi-market”...
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The System of Revenue Sharing and Fiscal Transfers in China
Wang, Xiao; Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
The main features of China’s current sub-national finance arrangements date back to the 1994 tax reform. China has a multi-level government structure that shares national tax revenues through a system of tax sharing and transfers, and divides spending assignments and responsibilities. Local...
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Portugal - Solid Foundations for a Sustainable Fiscal Consolidation
Haugh, David; Sorbe, Stéphane - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Owing to slow growth and a relatively weak fiscal position, Portugal’s public debt had been rising for almost a decade when the global crisis struck, sharply increasing the deficit. The loss of confidence in Portuguese and other euro area sovereign bonds required international financial...
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The Political Economy of Fiscal Consolidation
Price, Robert W.R. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
This paper explores the political economy of fiscal adjustment. It begins with an examination of the evidence for, and sources of, ‘deficit bias’, including political and governance factors, public attitudes, the role of financial markets and imprecision about which debt targets should be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587587
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Fiscal Prospects and Reforms in India
Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Substantial fiscal consolidation was achieved under the aegis of the 2003 Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. While deficits widened anew in 2008 and 2009, against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis, efforts to reduce them have resumed since. To ensure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364448