access and performance and public education expenditure is weak.. The paper suggests that levels of household spending, the … effectiveness of the public expenditure management system and the composition of public education spending are important factors … than just increases in expenditure on primary education. This does not imply that resources are unnecessary, but that …

policies may make political budget cycles more likely. Utilising the distinctive nature of the public expenditure process in … Ireland in relation to social security expenditure. It draws a number of conclusions as to the existence and incidence of …

-care decline in recessions. These effects are reinforced by pro-cyclicality in state health and development expenditure. Another …

ambitious decentralization program implemented by the authorities since the late 1990s has had mixed results in terms of …