03433nam 2200577Ia 450 991046225130332120200520144314.01-4755-8187-41-4755-3923-1(CKB)2670000000278858(EBL)1606830(SSID)ssj0000939843(PQKBManifestationID)11600599(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000939843(PQKBWorkID)10946523(PQKB)11050121(MiAaPQ)EBC1606830(Au-PeEL)EBL1606830(CaPaEBR)ebr10627079(OCoLC)870244976(EXLCZ)99267000000027885820111102d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPublic expenditure in the Slovak Republic[electronic resource] composition and technical efficiency /prepared by Francesco GrigoliWashington, D.C. International Monetary Fundc20121 online resource (35 p.)IMF working paper ;12/173Description based upon print version of record.1-4755-0708-9 1-4755-0521-3 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Abstract; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Literature Review: An EU-OECD Perspective; III. Features of the Slovak Republic's Public Expenditure; Figures; 1. Government Size across EU-OECD Countries; 2. Slovak Government Size; 3. Public Spending During the Crisis; A. Public Expenditure Composition; 4. Expenditure Composition, 2009; 5. Expenditure Composition in Real Terms; 6. Expenditure Categories; B. Spending Agencies; Tables; 1. Uncommitted Expenditures; 2. Public Expenditure by Agency, 2009; IV. Technical Efficiency; A. Education; 7. Education Expenditure across EU-OECD countries8. Education Expenditure3. Selected Indicators of the Education System; 9. Efficiency of Education Expenditure; B. Health; 10. Health Expenditure across EU-OECD countries; 11. Health Expenditure; 4. Selected Indicators of the Health System; 12. Efficiency of Health Expenditure-Life Expectancy; 13. Efficiency of Health Expenditure-Infant Mortality; V. Concluding Remarks; Appendices; 1. The DEA Approach; Appendix Figures; 1. DEA Production Possibility Frontier; ReferencesGood 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. It also assesses the relative efficiency of spending in education and health. The Slovak Republic spends more on social benefits and less on wages compared to the EU and OECD average. While it manages to translate the low expenditures into outcomes in an efficient manner in the education sector, this is not true for health. Moreover, the recent inIMF Working PapersGovernment spending policySlovakiaSlovakiaAppropriations and expendituresElectronic books.Government spending policyGrigoli Francesco890773MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462251303321Public expenditure in the Slovak Republic1989823UNINA