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  "title": "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.",
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      "content": "- Author: Francesco Grigoli\n- Date: July 1, 2012\n- Purpose: Analyzes the composition of public expenditure in the Slovak Republic and assesses the relative technical efficiency of spending in education and health.\n- Core observation: Good practice suggests budget allocations should reflect spending priorities and that spending should provide cost-effective delivery of public goods and services."
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      "content": "- The Slovak Republic spends more on social benefits and less on wages compared to the EU and OECD average.\n- Education sector:\n  - The Slovak Republic manages to translate low expenditures into outcomes in an efficient manner.\n- Health sector:\n  - The Slovak Republic does not translate expenditures into outcomes efficiently.\n- Recent fiscal changes:\n  - Recent increases in expenditure levels have not improved outcomes.\n- Fiscal potential:\n  - Significant budgetary savings could be achieved through increases in efficiency."
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      "heading": "Scope and subjects covered",
      "content": "- Composition of public expenditure in the Slovak Republic.\n- Relative efficiency assessment of spending in:\n  - Education\n  - Health\n- Subject keywords included in the source: Education, Education spending, Expenditure, Health care spending, Total expenditures."
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      "content": "- Reallocate budgetary resources to better reflect spending priorities and cost-effectiveness.\n- Prioritize efficiency-enhancing reforms in the health sector, where outcomes do not match expenditure levels.\n- Evaluate recent spending increases to identify why they have not translated into improved outcomes and redirect funds or implement reforms accordingly.\n- Seek efficiency gains as a source of significant budgetary savings.\n\nInternational Monetary Fund — Public Expenditure in the Slovak Republic: Composition and Technical Efficiency (IMF Working Paper No. 2012/173, July 1, 2012).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp12173\n  - wp12173 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp12173 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/public-expenditure-in-the-slovak-republic-composition-and-technical-efficiency-26037"
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    "Published: July 1, 2012",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475505214.001",
    "Author: Francesco Grigoli",
    "Date: July 1, 2012",
    "Purpose: Analyzes the composition of public expenditure in the Slovak Republic and assesses the relative technical efficiency of spending in education and health.",
    "Core observation: Good practice suggests budget allocations should reflect spending priorities and that spending should provide cost-effective delivery of public goods and services.",
    "The Slovak Republic spends more on social benefits and less on wages compared to the EU and OECD average.",
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    "Recent fiscal changes:",
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    "Composition of public expenditure in the Slovak Republic.",
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    "Subject keywords included in the source: Education, Education spending, Expenditure, Health care spending, Total expenditures.",
    "Reallocate budgetary resources to better reflect spending priorities and cost-effectiveness.",
    "Prioritize efficiency-enhancing reforms in the health sector, where outcomes do not match expenditure levels.",
    "Evaluate recent spending increases to identify why they have not translated into improved outcomes and redirect funds or implement reforms accordingly.",
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