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ensuring its consistency with other government levels’ behaviour; increasing transparency in public spending costs and ... …
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After a brief introduction dealing with critical opinions of some economists on the European austerity policy, the authors point out that austerity as a means of achieving fiscal consolidation and financial stability is applied when the fiscal domain is weak. After analyzing the effects of the...
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empirically link the public sector efficiency scores, to tax revenue and spending decentralization. First, we compute government …
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empirically link the public sector efficiency scores, to tax revenue and spending decentralization. First, we compute government …
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empirically link the public sector efficiency scores, to tax revenue and spending decentralization. First, we compute government …
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Integration of knowledge with lending is an enduring theme in World Bank strategies at the corporate and country levels. The Bank lending instruments could be more relevant and produce better results if they incorporate key analytical, country-level knowledge. The goal of this learning product...
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Finland is committed to high quality and extensive public services and a high level of income redistribution. The heavy tax burden these commitments require is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain due to tax competition and the need to harmonise certain taxes with other EU countries. These...
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much progress has been made in improving the transparency and management of government finances. Nevertheless, the budget … regional level of government and the expansion and proposed introduction of new extra-budgetary funds, the government … made a government-wide priority. Such a system would allow extra-budgetary funds to be re-integrated into the State Budget …
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Since the early 1990s, when France's general government deficit reached a disturbing 6 per cent of GDP, the country … principal source of spending pressure, must play a role, but so too must sub-national government -- especially if current plans …
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driven by short-term considerations and remains input- rather than output-oriented. The government’s economic pre … procedures for all fiscal activities of the general government. Effective spending in areas critical for future growth …
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