Public Expenditure in the Slovak Republic : Composition and Technical Efficiency
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Summary:
Good practice suggests that budget allocations should reflect spending priorities and that spending should provide cost-effective delivery of public goods and services. This paper analyzes the composition of public expenditure in the Slovak Republic. It also assesses the relative efficiency of spending in education and health. The Slovak Republic spends more on social benefits and less on wages compared to the EU and OECD average. While it manages to translate the low expenditures into outcomes in an efficient manner in the education sector, this is not true for health. Moreover, the recent increases in expenditure levels have not improved outcomes, suggesting that significant budgetary savings could be achieved through increases in efficiency.
Series:
Working Paper No. 12/173
Subject:
Education Expenditure composition Government expenditures Health care Public finance Resource allocation Slovak Republic
English
Publication Date:
July 1, 2012
ISBN/ISSN:
9781475505214/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2012173
Format:
Paper
Pages:
34
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