Kyrgyz Republic Public Expenditure Review Policy Notes : Public Wage Bill

Kyrgyz Republic Public Expenditure Review Policy Notes : Public Wage Bill

Restraining the growing wage bill expenditures while enhancing the performance of the public sector remains one of the government's major development priorities. Wage bill levels in the Kyrgyz Republic are high compared to the majority of Euro...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Public Expenditure Review
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY PROBLEMS ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AGGREGATE CONTROL AVERAGE WAGE AVERAGE WAGES BASELINE SCENARIO BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUDGET DATA BUDGET ESTIMATES BUDGET HOLDERS BUDGET ORGANIZATIONS BUDGET REQUESTS BUDGET RESOURCES BUDGET YEAR CAPACITY BUILDING CENTRAL CONTROLS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIES CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE LAW CIVIL SERVICE PAY CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES CLINICS DECISION-MAKING DEVOLUTION DRIVERS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATION SYSTEM EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT REDUCTION EMPLOYMENT TRENDS EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE LEVELS EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL IMBALANCES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL REPORTING FISCAL CAPACITY FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FISCAL HEALTH FISCAL IMPACT FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FISCAL PRESSURE FISCAL PROJECTIONS FISCAL STRATEGY FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES GOVERNMENT SPENDING HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINT HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINTS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEMS HIGH WAGE HIGHER INFLATION HOSPITALS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INFLATION INFLATION RATE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS JOB SECURITY JOBS LABOR MARKET LABOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MACROECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES MINISTRY OF ECONOMY MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES MUNICIPALITY NURSES OCCUPATIONS PATIENT PENSION FUND PERFORMANCE CULTURE PERFORMANCE MONITORING PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEMS PERVERSE INCENTIVES PHARMACISTS PHYSICIANS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRAM COSTS PROGRAMS PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE POLICY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC EXPENDITURE TRACKING PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC SECTOR PAY PUBLIC SECTOR SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC SECTOR STAFF PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE BILL PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES PUBLIC SECTORS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC WAGE QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF SERVICES REAL GROWTH REFORM AGENDA REFORM PROCESS RESEARCH CENTERS RETIREMENT RUNNING COSTS SAVINGS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDS SOCIAL SERVICES STATE BUDGET STATE TREASURY STRUCTURAL REFORM STRUCTURAL REFORMS TAX TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL EXPENDITURES TOTAL PUBLIC SECTOR TOTAL WAGE TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSPARENCY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS WAGE BILL WAGE EXPENDITURES WAGE GROWTH WAGE LEVEL WAGE LEVELS WORK EXPERIENCE WORKERS WORKING CONDITION WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING EXPERIENCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19712273/kyrgyz-republic-public-expenditure-review-policy-notes-public-wage-bill http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19309

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Summary:	Restraining the growing wage bill expenditures while enhancing the performance of the public sector remains one of the government's major development priorities. Wage bill levels in the Kyrgyz Republic are high compared to the majority of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries, constituting almost one third of government expenditures. Over the last few years, the government has undertaken important steps towards enhancing pay systems and improving competitiveness of pay in public health and education sectors accounting for almost 66 percent of the wage bill. The Kyrgyz Republic confronts the need to restrain its public wage bill as part of its mid-term fiscal strategy, as well as the need to improve the performance of the public sector. The analysis, undertaken in this policy note, suggests that the government should consider the following measures and reforms: improve predictability of the wage bill and avoid further ad hoc increase in wages; moderate and gradual consolidation of employment; any increase of the base pay elements has to be linked to modest and gradual consolidation of public sector employment, and should be limited to inflation as needed; establishment controls need to be strengthened through sound monitoring of the number of employees and payroll in all parts of the public sector; and civil service pay reform has to be undertaken with a unified pay system, gradually introduced at all levels of the government. This note discusses public sector wage management in the Kyrgyz Republic, by analyzing wage bill expenditure levels over the last decade with a closer examination of dynamics in 2008-2011.