## Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues Paper

_IMF Staff Country Reports, February 19, 2015_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: February 19, 2015
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484310601.002

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### Overview
- Publication date: February 19, 2015
- This Selected Issues paper examines social spending reform and fiscal savings in Slovenia.
- Rising expenditure has been at the root of Slovenia’s fiscal deterioration since the onset of the crisis.
- The paper explores reform options to reduce Slovenia’s social spending over the medium and long term.
- It discusses key features of the pension system and analyzes the evolution of pension spending in the absence of reforms.
- The paper also examines health and education spending and provides a framework to assess their efficiency relative to other countries.

### Key findings on pension spending and demographics
- Rising expenditure is identified as the primary driver of Slovenia’s fiscal deterioration since the onset of the crisis.
- The paper analyzes the pension system’s key features.
- The evolution of pension spending is analyzed under a no-reform scenario (i.e., pension spending trajectory in the absence of reforms).
- Subject areas highlighted: Aging, Pension spending, Pensions, Retirement, Population and demographics, Solvency.

### Health and education spending
- The paper examines health and education spending.
- It provides a framework to assess efficiency of health and education spending relative to other countries.

### Policy options and reform focus
- The paper explores reform options aimed at reducing social spending over the medium and long term.
- Reform focus areas include pension system reforms and measures to improve efficiency in health and education spending.
- Related subject matters noted: Expenditure, Financial sector policy and analysis, Labor, Retirement.

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- **Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 15/42; January 29, 2015**
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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/republic-of-slovenia-selected-issues-paper-42716_