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  "title": "Czech Republic: Selected Issues in Fiscal Policy Reform",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, February 28, 2007",
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  "summary": "This Selected Issues paper examines two key questions on fiscal policy reform in the Czech Republic. First, how can the fiscal institutional framework be strengthened to maintain discipline and enhance transparency?",
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      "content": "- This Selected Issues paper examines two key questions on fiscal policy reform in the Czech Republic:\n  - How can the fiscal institutional framework be strengthened to maintain discipline and enhance transparency?\n  - What are the priorities in expenditure reform that can be implemented without sacrificing the quality of spending?\n- The paper discusses the recent Czech experience with the medium-term expenditure framework and some proposals for strengthening it.\n- The paper also discusses cross-country analyses of spending efficiency and flexibility, and proposes areas for fiscal adjustment that reduce inefficiencies."
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      "heading": "Major themes and analysis",
      "content": "- Fiscal institutional framework\n  - Examination of options to strengthen institutions to maintain discipline and enhance transparency.\n  - Discussion of the recent Czech experience with the medium-term expenditure framework.\n  - Proposals for strengthening the medium-term expenditure framework are presented.\n- Expenditure reform priorities\n  - Identification of expenditure-reform priorities that preserve spending quality.\n  - Cross-country analyses of spending efficiency and flexibility are used to identify inefficiencies.\n  - Proposals for areas of fiscal adjustment that reduce inefficiencies are provided."
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      "content": "- The paper highlights the need to:\n  - Strengthen the fiscal institutional framework to maintain discipline and enhance transparency.\n  - Implement expenditure reforms that do not sacrifice the quality of spending.\n- The medium-term expenditure framework is central to the recent Czech experience and is a focus for proposed reforms.\n- Cross-country spending-efficiency and flexibility analyses inform proposed areas for fiscal adjustment to reduce inefficiencies.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Czech Republic: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 07/85; February 6, 2007\n  - Czech Republic: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 07/85; February 6, 2007 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Czech Republic: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 07/85; February 6, 2007 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: February 28, 2007",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451810257.002",
    "This Selected Issues paper examines two key questions on fiscal policy reform in the Czech Republic:",
    "The paper discusses the recent Czech experience with the medium-term expenditure framework and some proposals for strengthening it.",
    "The paper also discusses cross-country analyses of spending efficiency and flexibility, and proposes areas for fiscal adjustment that reduce inefficiencies.",
    "Fiscal institutional framework",
    "The paper highlights the need to:",
    "The medium-term expenditure framework is central to the recent Czech experience and is a focus for proposed reforms.",
    "Cross-country spending-efficiency and flexibility analyses inform proposed areas for fiscal adjustment to reduce inefficiencies.",
    "**Czech Republic: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 07/85; February 6, 2007**"
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