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Occasional Papers are written by the Staff of the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, or by experts working ...

THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC FINANCES Findings of the Economic Policy Committee-Working Group (2004-2007) Edited by: Servaas Deroose (D ...

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CONTENTS Foreword .............................................................................................................. ...

Impact of Public Expenditures to Boost Innovation Rikke Lilienthal (Ministry of Finance Denmark)............................... ...

FOREWORD The relevance of quality of public finances Improving the quality of public finances has become a key policy challenge ...

has commonly been viewed as a concept with many facets. An EPC note (2007) defined QPF as “a broad concept which refers to the c ...

Composition of revenue and tax systems: The structure of revenues can impact long-term growth, mostly by affecting the allocatio ...

Words of appreciation The work on quality of public finances that is summarised in this collection of papers reflects the joint ...

I. FRAMEWORK AND DATA ISSUES ...

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INTRODUCTION: I. FRAMEWORK AND DATA ISSUES The ‘quality of public finances’ (QPF) is a manifold concept. Originally, the idea to ...

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RESTRUCTURING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE: CHALLENGES AND ACHIEVEMENTS KEY ISSUES ON THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC FINANCES Economic Policy Commi ...

2. First results^2 The composition of public finances, budgetary laws, fiscal frameworks and institutions are issues of national ...

Figure 1 – Change in percentage points over total public expenditure over the period 1991- -6, -4, -2, 0, 2, 4, , Interest payme ...

needs outlined above, the ECOFIN Council may wish to mandate the EPC to develop further the framework for assessing and promotin ...

Annex: Table 1 - Expenditure priorities in EU Member States Member State Prioritised items How to create room for manoeuvre? AT ...

Member State Prioritised items How to create room for manoeuvre? UK Health, Education, Transport, R&D Better public services ...