Aspects of Fiscal Performance in Some Transition Economies Under Fund-Supported Programs
April 1, 1997
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Summary
Key medium– and longer–term fiscal issues faced by transition economies are reviewed, including government solvency and the sustainability of the fiscal–financial–monetary program. The paper aims to assist the design and implementation of future Fund programs and to contribute to the debate about fiscal policy in transition economies. After presenting a framework for evaluating the sustainability of the fiscal–financial–monetary program of the state, some numerical material is presented on public debt, (quasi–) fiscal deficits and monetary financing. Eight budgetary issues of special relevance to transition economies are considered next. The lessons from this study are summarized in a number of propositions.
Subject: Banking, Economic sectors, Financial services, Government debt management, Monetary base, Money, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Public sector, Real interest rates
Keywords: borrowing program, budget identity, capital formation program, central bank, Eastern Europe, FSU country, Government debt management, interest rate, Monetary base, open economy, present discounted value, public finance, Public sector, rate of inflation, ratio ceiling, real GDP, Real interest rates, real value, solvency constraint, state enterprise, WP
Pages:
57
Volume:
1997
DOI:
Issue:
031
Series:
Working Paper No. 1997/031
Stock No:
WPIEA0311997
ISBN:
9781451980073
ISSN:
1018-5941
