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Strengthening the Management of Public Spending in Hungary

Title
Strengthening the Management of Public Spending in Hungary [electronic resource] / Jaromir Cekota, Rauf Gönenç and Kwang-Yeol Yoo
Author
Cekota, Jaromir.
Publication
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Gönenç, Rauf.
  • Yoo, Kwang-Yeol.
Description
48 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
Summary
This paper analyses the Hungarian public expenditure system and develops policy-oriented recommendations for its improvement. Despite substantial progress achieved in the management of public finances over the 1990s, the level of public expenditure and taxation relative to national income has been comparatively high while the budget process has continued to be driven by short-term considerations and remains input- rather than output-oriented. The government's economic pre-accession programme submitted to the European Commission for the time period 2002-04 needs to be complemented by a thorough public expenditure reform in order to achieve its ambitious targets, implying significant fiscal tightening. This reform entails the development of a medium-term, output-oriented expenditure framework characterised by transparent and comprehensive budget procedures for all fiscal activities of the general government. Effective spending in areas critical for future growth performance -- ...
Series Statement
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.336
Uniform Title
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.336.
Subject
  • Economics
  • Hungary
LCCN
10.1787/568000451454
OCLC
oecd-lib
Author
Cekota, Jaromir.
Title
Strengthening the Management of Public Spending in Hungary [electronic resource] / Jaromir Cekota, Rauf Gönenç and Kwang-Yeol Yoo
Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2002.
Series
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.336
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.336.
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Full text online available onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Economics
Hungary
Added Author
Gönenç, Rauf.
Yoo, Kwang-Yeol.
Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/568000451454 doi
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