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Improving the Efficiency and Sustainability of Public Expenditure in the Czech Republic

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  • Andrew Burns
  • Kwang-Yeol Yoo

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This paper reviews the public expenditure system in the Czech Republic and the scope for its reform. In recent years much progress has been made in improving the transparency and management of government finances. Nevertheless, the budget and policy planning process retains a single-year and inputoriented focus. Moreover, with the recent introduction of a regional level of government and the expansion and proposed introduction of new extra-budgetary funds, the government’s capacity to manage the macroeconomy has been weakened. In this regard, establishing a multi-year budgetary process should be made a government-wide priority. Such a system would allow extra-budgetary funds to be re-integrated into the State Budget. Moreover, it would reduce the potential for expenditure creep and facilitate macroeconomic policy making, as would the establishment of mechanisms for co-ordinating sub-national spending programmes. Such a medium-term budgetary framework should evolve, over time, into a ... Améliorer l'efficience et la viabilité des dépenses publiques en République tchèque La présente note examine le système des dépenses publiques en République tchèque et la possibilité de le réformer. D'importants progrès ont été faits ces dernières années en vue d'améliorer la transparence et la gestion des finances publiques. Néanmoins, le processus de planification et d'établissement du budget s'inscrit toujours dans un cadre annuel et reste centré sur les ressources mises en oeuvre. De plus, avec la création récente d'un niveau régional d'administration et le développement des fonds extrabudgétaires ainsi que l'augmentation de leur nombre, les autorités sont moins à même de gérer la politique macro-économique. A cet égard, la mise en place d'une procédure budgétaire pluriannuelle devrait être une priorité à tous les niveaux d'administration. Un tel système permettrait de réintégrer les fonds extrabudgétaires dans le budget de l'Etat. Il réduirait en outre le risque de dérapage des dépenses et faciliterait la formulation de la politique macro-économique, au même ...

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  • Andrew Burns & Kwang-Yeol Yoo, 2002. "Improving the Efficiency and Sustainability of Public Expenditure in the Czech Republic," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 328, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:328-en
    DOI: 10.1787/085803311247
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    1. Jan HANOUSEK & Evžen KOČENDA, 2009. "Public investment and growth in New EU member states: an overview," Departmental Working Papers 2009-23, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at Università degli Studi di Milano.
    2. Jana Soukopova & Eduard Bakoš, 2013. "Environmental protection expenditure: Ex-post evaluation," MUNI ECON Working Papers 08, Masaryk University, revised Apr 2013.
    3. Jana Soukopová & Eduard Bakoš, 2013. "Assessment of municipal environmental protection expenditure: Case study in the Czech Republic," Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, Mendel University Press, vol. 61(7), pages 2769-2777.

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    Keywords

    administration publique; budgetary transparency; contingent liability; discipline budgétaire; dépenses publiques; engagement conditionnel; extra-budgetary funds; fiscal discipline; fonds extra-budgétaires; general government; multi-year budgeting; programmation budgétaire pluri-annuelle; public expenditure; transparence budgétaire;
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    JEL classification:

    • H0 - Public Economics - - General
    • H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
    • H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
    • H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt
    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations

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