Serbia and Montenegro : Public Expenditure and Institutional Review, Volume 1. Executive Summary

This Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (PEIR) aims to help the government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) in taking their public expenditure reforms further. It analyzes public expenditure practices, and institutions of the tw...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Public Expenditure Review
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2210544/serbia-montenegro-public-expenditure-institutional-review-vol-1-3-executive-summary
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
ANTI-CORRUPTION
AUDITS
BANK RESTRUCTURING
BASIC EDUCATION
BUDGET EXECUTION
BUDGET FORMULATION
BUDGET MANAGEMENT
BUDGET PROCESS
BUDGET SYSTEM
BUDGET SYSTEMS
BUDGETARY INSTITUTIONS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING
CITIZENS
CONSOLIDATION
CONSTITUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
CURRENCY UNITS
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT SERVICING
DECISION-MAKING
DEMOCRACY
DOMESTIC BORROWING
EBF
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REFORM
ELECTRICITY
ENTERPRISE REFORM
ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING
EXECUTION
EXPENDITURE REFORM
EXTRABUDGETARY FUNDS
FEDERAL BUDGETS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FINANCIAL CONTROL
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERESTS
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FISCAL
FISCAL BALANCE
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL PRESSURES
FISCAL REFORM
FISCAL REFORMS
FISCAL STANCE
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FISCAL TRANSPARENCY
FISCAL YEAR
FOREIGN BORROWING
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN TRADE
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GOVERNMENT LEVELS
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INFLATION
INSOLVENT
INSOLVENT BANKS
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATES
JUDICIARY
LABOR MARKET
LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY
LAWS
LEGISLATION
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LIQUIDATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MINISTRIES OF FINANCE
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MONETARY POLICIES
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
OPERATING EXPENSES
PENSIONS
PRESIDENCY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PRIVATIZATION PROCEEDS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC AGENCIES
PUBLIC BORROWING
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REFORM
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC FINANCE SYSTEM
PUBLIC FINANCES
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
PUBLIC RESOURCES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
REGULATORY BODY
REGULATORY OVERSIGHT
REPRESENTATIVES
REPUBLICS
RESERVE ACCOUNTS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RETIREMENT
REVENUE ADMINISTRATION
RISK MANAGEMENT
SAVINGS
SIZE OF GOVERNMENT
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM
SOCIAL SAFETY
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SUPPORT
SOCIAL TRANSFERS
STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT
SURCHARGES
TAX
TAX RATES
TAX REFORM
TAX REVENUES
TAX SYSTEM
TRANSPARENCY
TREASURY PUBLIC EXPENDITURES; INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; REFORM POLICY; REFORM IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; ALLOCATION OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES; GROWTH PROMOTION; WELFARE ECONOMICS; FISCAL CONSOLIDATION; POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION; FISCAL CONSTRAINTS; BUDGET MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS; GOVERNMENTAL REFORM
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
ANTI-CORRUPTION
AUDITS
BANK RESTRUCTURING
BASIC EDUCATION
BUDGET EXECUTION
BUDGET FORMULATION
BUDGET MANAGEMENT
BUDGET PROCESS
BUDGET SYSTEM
BUDGET SYSTEMS
BUDGETARY INSTITUTIONS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING
CITIZENS
CONSOLIDATION
CONSTITUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
CURRENCY UNITS
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT SERVICING
DECISION-MAKING
DEMOCRACY
DOMESTIC BORROWING
EBF
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REFORM
ELECTRICITY
ENTERPRISE REFORM
ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING
EXECUTION
EXPENDITURE REFORM
EXTRABUDGETARY FUNDS
FEDERAL BUDGETS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FINANCIAL CONTROL
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERESTS
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FISCAL
FISCAL BALANCE
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL PRESSURES
FISCAL REFORM
FISCAL REFORMS
FISCAL STANCE
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FISCAL TRANSPARENCY
FISCAL YEAR
FOREIGN BORROWING
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN TRADE
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GOVERNMENT LEVELS
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INFLATION
INSOLVENT
INSOLVENT BANKS
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATES
JUDICIARY
LABOR MARKET
LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY
LAWS
LEGISLATION
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LIQUIDATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MINISTRIES OF FINANCE
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MONETARY POLICIES
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
OPERATING EXPENSES
PENSIONS
PRESIDENCY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PRIVATIZATION PROCEEDS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC AGENCIES
PUBLIC BORROWING
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REFORM
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC FINANCE SYSTEM
PUBLIC FINANCES
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
PUBLIC RESOURCES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
REGULATORY BODY
REGULATORY OVERSIGHT
REPRESENTATIVES
REPUBLICS
RESERVE ACCOUNTS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RETIREMENT
REVENUE ADMINISTRATION
RISK MANAGEMENT
SAVINGS
SIZE OF GOVERNMENT
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM
SOCIAL SAFETY
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SUPPORT
SOCIAL TRANSFERS
STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT
SURCHARGES
TAX
TAX RATES
TAX REFORM
TAX REVENUES
TAX SYSTEM
TRANSPARENCY
TREASURY PUBLIC EXPENDITURES; INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; REFORM POLICY; REFORM IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; ALLOCATION OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES; GROWTH PROMOTION; WELFARE ECONOMICS; FISCAL CONSOLIDATION; POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION; FISCAL CONSTRAINTS; BUDGET MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS; GOVERNMENTAL REFORM
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Serbia and Montenegro : Public Expenditure and Institutional Review, Volume 1. Executive Summary
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description This Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (PEIR) aims to help the government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) in taking their public expenditure reforms further. It analyzes public expenditure practices, and institutions of the two Republics - Serbia and Montenegro - and of the Federal Government, and, evaluates their decision-making, and implementation processes. The cross-cutting topics of the PEIR are: sustainability of public expenditures; strategic allocation of public spending, to maximize growth and welfare within fiscally sustainable limits; and, accountability of the public expenditure system, needed to maintain domestic, and international support for the reconstruction programs of the two Republics. The success of reforms depends on difficult strategic choices: 1) the inherited, distorted fiscal systems, and inefficient budget management practices, call for a realistic focus in selecting the goals of reform; 2) the best solution choice must be derived from the existing structures, and practices; and, 3) the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro should focus on deepening the reforms already initiated, rather than launching a number of new ones. The first volume provides an overview of the public expenditure reform agenda; volume two focuses on the Republic of Serbia and the Federal Government, while volume three discusses public expenditure management issues in Montenegro. The public expenditure problems of the Federal level receive a somewhat limited treatment, as the contours of the future union government takes shape. Similarly, challenges of fiscal decentralization below the Republic level, receive only a brief treatment, actually only in the Serbia volume.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review
author World Bank
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author_sort World Bank
title Serbia and Montenegro : Public Expenditure and Institutional Review, Volume 1. Executive Summary
title_short Serbia and Montenegro : Public Expenditure and Institutional Review, Volume 1. Executive Summary
title_full Serbia and Montenegro : Public Expenditure and Institutional Review, Volume 1. Executive Summary
title_fullStr Serbia and Montenegro : Public Expenditure and Institutional Review, Volume 1. Executive Summary
title_full_unstemmed Serbia and Montenegro : Public Expenditure and Institutional Review, Volume 1. Executive Summary
title_sort serbia and montenegro : public expenditure and institutional review, volume 1. executive summary
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2210544/serbia-montenegro-public-expenditure-institutional-review-vol-1-3-executive-summary
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14822
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spelling okr-10986-148222021-04-23T14:03:16Z Serbia and Montenegro : Public Expenditure and Institutional Review, Volume 1. Executive Summary World Bank ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITS BANK RESTRUCTURING BASIC EDUCATION BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET FORMULATION BUDGET MANAGEMENT BUDGET PROCESS BUDGET SYSTEM BUDGET SYSTEMS BUDGETARY INSTITUTIONS CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING CITIZENS CONSOLIDATION CONSTITUTION CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM COUNCIL OF MINISTERS CURRENCY UNITS DEBT MANAGEMENT DEBT SERVICING DECISION-MAKING DEMOCRACY DOMESTIC BORROWING EBF ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORM ELECTRICITY ENTERPRISE REFORM ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING EXECUTION EXPENDITURE REFORM EXTRABUDGETARY FUNDS FEDERAL BUDGETS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL CONTROL FINANCIAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERESTS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FISCAL FISCAL BALANCE FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL PRESSURES FISCAL REFORM FISCAL REFORMS FISCAL STANCE FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FISCAL TRANSPARENCY FISCAL YEAR FOREIGN BORROWING FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN TRADE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT LEVELS GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HUMAN RESOURCES INFLATION INSOLVENT INSOLVENT BANKS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSURANCE INTEREST RATES JUDICIARY LABOR MARKET LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY LAWS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LIQUIDATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MINISTRIES OF FINANCE MINISTRY OF FINANCE MONETARY POLICIES NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS OPERATING EXPENSES PENSIONS PRESIDENCY PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATION PROCEEDS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC BORROWING PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REFORM PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCE SYSTEM PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING REGULATORY BODY REGULATORY OVERSIGHT REPRESENTATIVES REPUBLICS RESERVE ACCOUNTS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETIREMENT REVENUE ADMINISTRATION RISK MANAGEMENT SAVINGS SIZE OF GOVERNMENT SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM SOCIAL SAFETY SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIAL TRANSFERS STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT SURCHARGES TAX TAX RATES TAX REFORM TAX REVENUES TAX SYSTEM TRANSPARENCY TREASURY PUBLIC EXPENDITURES; INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; REFORM POLICY; REFORM IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; ALLOCATION OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES; GROWTH PROMOTION; WELFARE ECONOMICS; FISCAL CONSOLIDATION; POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION; FISCAL CONSTRAINTS; BUDGET MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS; GOVERNMENTAL REFORM This Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (PEIR) aims to help the government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) in taking their public expenditure reforms further. It analyzes public expenditure practices, and institutions of the two Republics - Serbia and Montenegro - and of the Federal Government, and, evaluates their decision-making, and implementation processes. The cross-cutting topics of the PEIR are: sustainability of public expenditures; strategic allocation of public spending, to maximize growth and welfare within fiscally sustainable limits; and, accountability of the public expenditure system, needed to maintain domestic, and international support for the reconstruction programs of the two Republics. The success of reforms depends on difficult strategic choices: 1) the inherited, distorted fiscal systems, and inefficient budget management practices, call for a realistic focus in selecting the goals of reform; 2) the best solution choice must be derived from the existing structures, and practices; and, 3) the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro should focus on deepening the reforms already initiated, rather than launching a number of new ones. The first volume provides an overview of the public expenditure reform agenda; volume two focuses on the Republic of Serbia and the Federal Government, while volume three discusses public expenditure management issues in Montenegro. The public expenditure problems of the Federal level receive a somewhat limited treatment, as the contours of the future union government takes shape. Similarly, challenges of fiscal decentralization below the Republic level, receive only a brief treatment, actually only in the Serbia volume. 2013-08-06T16:42:20Z 2013-08-06T16:42:20Z 2003-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2210544/serbia-montenegro-public-expenditure-institutional-review-vol-1-3-executive-summary http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14822 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Serbia