Technical Note on the Methodology for the Allocation of Intergovernmental Grants in the Republic of Belarus

This technical note evaluates the methodology proposed by the Ministry of Finance for the allocation of transfers to subnational governments and suggest a number of alternative options for various grant design elements Overall, the framework laid out in the Budget Code and the implementation approa...

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Main Authors:	Timofeev, Andrey, Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge
Format:	Other Financial Sector Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT COEFFICIENT ADJUSTMENT COEFFICIENTS AFFORDABILITY AGGREGATE EXPENDITURES AGGREGATE REVENUE ALLOCATION MECHANISM ALLOCATION OF TRANSFERS APPROPRIATIONS ASSIGNMENTS OF EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITIES BANK POLICY BASELINE ESTIMATES BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BORROWING BUDGET ACCOUNTS BUDGET AGGREGATES BUDGET AUTHORITIES BUDGET CIRCULAR BUDGET CLASSIFICATION BUDGET CODE BUDGET DATA BUDGET PLANNING BUDGET POLICY BUDGET PREPARATION BUDGETING CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE CASH BALANCES CATEGORIES OF EXPENDITURES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIES CITY TRANSPORT COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSENSUS BUILDING CREDIBILITY CREDIT GUARANTEES DATA ANALYSIS DATA AVAILABILITY DERIVATION PRINCIPLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFERENTIALS DISTRICT DISTRICTS DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION SERVICES ELASTICITIES ENROLLMENT EQUALIZATION EXCLUSION EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE ASSIGNMENT EXPENDITURE ASSIGNMENTS EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES EXPENDITURE CATEGORY EXPENDITURE FUNCTIONS EXPENDITURE NEED EXPENDITURE NEEDS EXPENDITURE PROGRAM EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITIES EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITY EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA EXTENSION OF CREDIT FAMILIES FINANCES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FIRE PROTECTION FISCAL CAPACITIES FISCAL CAPACITY FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL EFFORT FISCAL IMBALANCES FISCAL OUTCOMES FISCAL POLICY FISCAL REFORM FISCAL TRANSFER FULL ACCESS GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT REVENUES GRANT ALLOCATION GRANT DISTRIBUTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING ILLITERACY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL TRANSFERS INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANTS INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS ISSUANCE JUDICIAL SYSTEM LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT LOCAL EXPENDITURE LOCAL EXPENDITURES LOCAL FINANCES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES LOCAL REVENUE LOCAL TAXES MEDIUM-TERM PROJECTIONS MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL BANK NATIONAL DEFENSE NATIONAL ECONOMY NATIONAL STATISTICS NATIONAL TAXES NEGATIVE INCENTIVES PER CAPITA EXPENDITURES PERSONAL INCOME PERVERSE INCENTIVES POLICY CHOICES POLICY REFORM POLICY-MAKERS POOL OF FUNDS POVERTY RATE PRICE INDEX PROGRAMS PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC PUBLIC ACTIVITIES PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ENTITIES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVANTS PUBLIC WORKS REAL ESTATE TAX REDISTRIBUTION REFORM EFFORTS REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS RETAIL SALES TAX REVENUE ASSIGNMENT REVENUE BASE REVENUE CAPACITY REVENUE CATEGORY REVENUE COLLECTIONS REVENUE FORECAST REVENUE GAP REVENUE RETENTION REVENUE SHORTFALL REVENUE SOURCE REVENUE SOURCES REVENUE YIELD ROADS SANITATION SECTORAL EXPENDITURES SECURITIES SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE DEMAND SERVICE PROVISION SETTLEMENT SMALL BUSINESSES SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDS SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL SUBNATIONAL DEBT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUBSIDIZATION TAX TAX AUTHORITIES TAX BASE TAX BASES TAX CAPACITY TAX CODE TAX RATES TAX REGIME TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAX SYSTEM TAXABLE CAPACITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL EXPENDITURES TOWN TOWNS TRADING TRANSPARENCY TREASURY URBANIZATION UTILITIES VALUATION VERTICAL BALANCE VERTICAL IMBALANCE VOUCHERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/16418215/belarus-technical-note-methodology-allocation-intergovernmental-grants-republic-belarus http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12842

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Summary:	This technical note evaluates the methodology proposed by the Ministry of Finance for the allocation of transfers to subnational governments and suggest a number of alternative options for various grant design elements Overall, the framework laid out in the Budget Code and the implementation approach developed in the draft methodology conform to sound principles in fiscal decentralization and the best international practices. However, a number of elements of the methodology still need to be elaborated and some elements might need to be revised.

Technical Note on the Methodology for the Allocation of Intergovernmental Grants in the Republic of Belarus

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