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The Fiscal Challenge in Portugal
Guichard, Stéphanie - 2006
Portugal’s fiscal policy has failed to durably reduce the deficit below the Stability and Growth Pact threshold of 3% of GDP and was submitted to the excessive deficit procedure of the EU Commission for a second time in 2005. The paper describes fiscal developments in Portugal over the past...
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Reforming Turkey's Public Expenditure Management
Gönenç, Rauf - 2005
emphasis should now be placed on the control of public expenditure. At the same time, core public services such as education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446341
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Improving Cost-Effectiveness in the Health Care Sector in Iceland
Suppanz, Hannes - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
Health outcomes and the quality of health care in Iceland are very good by international comparison, while income-related health inequality appears to be smaller than in most other countries. However, the health-care system is costly and, according to OECD estimates, public expenditure on health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045674
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Cross-Country Analysis of Efficiency in OECD Health Care Sectors: Options for Research
Häkkinen, Unto; Joumard, Isabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
A key policy challenge in most OECD countries is to improve outcomes of the health care system while containing its costs. Benchmarking countries and identifying best practices to enhance public spending cost-effectiveness would, in this regard, be a useful exercise. This paper presents three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045963
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Making Federalism Work in Italy
Bibbee, Alexandra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
Fiscal federalism can be an important complement to structural reforms and budget consolidation. Empowering sub national governments, while at the same time making them accountable to local citizens in the uses of tax money, could improve the allocation of public resources and promote catch up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046053
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Performance Indicators for Public Spending Efficiency in Primary and Secondary Education
Sutherland, Douglas; Price, Robert W.R.; Joumard, Isabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
This paper assesses the potential to raise public spending efficiency in the primary and secondary education sector …...<P>Indicateurs de performance de l'efficacité des dépenses publiques d'éducation dans l'enseignement primaire et secondaire …<BR>Ce document évalue les possibilités d'accroître l'efficacité des dépenses publiques d'éducation dans l'enseignement primaire et …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045647
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Linkages Between Performance and Institutions in the Primary and Secondary Education Sector
Sutherland, Douglas; Price, Robert W.R. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
relationship between institutional and policy settings and the efficiency of public spending on primary and secondary education …'efficacité des dépenses publiques consacrées à l'éducation primaire et secondaire dans les pays de l'OCDE. Cette analyse s'appuie sur …
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Federal-State Relations in Australia
Koutsogeorgopulou, Vassiliki; Tuske, Annamaria - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
Australia’s inter-governmental fiscal relations have gradually moved towards greater centralisation. State governments receive sizeable transfers from the federal government and own revenues only partially cover their expenses. Finding the right balance between federal control and state...
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The Effectiveness of Education and Health Spending among Brazilian Municipalities
Mello, Luiz de; Pisu, Mauro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
municipalities to estimate the impact of government spending on education and health outcomes. We deal with the multi … of education outcomes, but this is not the case for health, and that spending on non-education programmes are also at … least as important. In addition, there appears to be scope for gains in economies of scale in the provision of education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078943
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Social Policies in Indonesia
Comola, Margherita; Mello, Luiz de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
Indonesia has made considerable progress over the years in improving the social conditions of its population, especially among disadvantaged groups, not least by raising government spending and strengthening social protection programmes. Nevertheless, in some respects social outcomes remain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693042