Research Catalog

Title

Rationalising Public Expenditure in the Slovak Republic [electronic resource] / Rauf Gönenç and Peter Walkenhorst

Author

Gönenç, Rauf.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2004.

Details

Additional Authors

Walkenhorst, Peter.

Description

37 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

Over the past decade, public expenditure in Slovakia was characterised by substantial social transfers and high public sector wage expenses. This paper analyses the main features of Slovakia's public expenditure system, reviews expenditure trends, and discusses recent reform initiatives. The latter have concerned the introduction of medium-term budget projections, the switch towards performance-based budgeting, the limitation of extra-budgetary funds, the devolution of spending power to sub-central administrative units, changes to the public employment regime, and reforms of the social security system. These initiatives are critically assessed and a number of recommendations concerning implementation and further reform steps are developed ...

Series Statement

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.384

Uniform Title

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.384.

Subject

• Economics
• Slovak Republic

LCCN

10.1787/764860674818

OCLC

oecd-lib-001388

Author

Gönenç, Rauf.

Title

Rationalising Public Expenditure in the Slovak Republic [electronic resource] / Rauf Gönenç and Peter Walkenhorst

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2004.

Series

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.384

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.384.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/764860674818

Indexed Term

Economics

Slovak Republic

Added Author

Walkenhorst, Peter.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/764860674818 doi