Turkey : Strengthening the Framework for Sub-National Borrowing

Local government finance has taken on increasing importance in Turkey, with the evolving fiscal decentralization and the growing role of local administrations in public investment. The focus of this policy note is on sub-national borrowing as an es...

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Main Author: Liu, Lili
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spelling okr-10986-260632021-04-23T14:04:33Z Turkey : Strengthening the Framework for Sub-National Borrowing Liu, Lili subnational governance debt municipal finance financial distress insolvency creditor rights debt restructuring Local government finance has taken on increasing importance in Turkey, with the evolving fiscal decentralization and the growing role of local administrations in public investment. The focus of this policy note is on sub-national borrowing as an essential component of the framework for sustainable sub-national finance. Sound management of sub-national borrowing is important for ensuring debt sustainability. Past problems with fiscal deficits by local administrations in Turkey have led to two major debt restructurings. The Government has undertaken many laudable improvements in the system of fiscal management and control of local administrations in recent years, in particular by regulating the procedures for borrowing, raising the requirements for accounting and reporting, and tightening the terms for Treasury guarantees of foreign borrowing. The rest of the policy note is organized as follows. The next section summarizes the framework for sub-national borrowing in Turkey and reviews areas for further development, including in particular, an effective insolvency mechanism. Section three presents rationales for a sub-national insolvency mechanism and describes how the entry points for reform have contributed to varying modalities across countries. Section four discusses key design issues for a sub-national insolvency mechanism, driven by the fundamental difference between public and private insolvency. Final section five presents possible medium-term reform options for Turkey. 2017-02-14T16:11:33Z 2017-02-14T16:11:33Z 2009-05-22 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/425611486110135962/Turkey-Strengthening-the-framework-for-sub-national-borrowing-selected-issues-a-policy-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26063 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Turkey
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topic subnational governance
debt
municipal finance
financial distress
insolvency
creditor rights
debt restructuring
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debt
municipal finance
financial distress
insolvency
creditor rights
debt restructuring
Liu, Lili
Turkey : Strengthening the Framework for Sub-National Borrowing
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description Local government finance has taken on increasing importance in Turkey, with the evolving fiscal decentralization and the growing role of local administrations in public investment. The focus of this policy note is on sub-national borrowing as an essential component of the framework for sustainable sub-national finance. Sound management of sub-national borrowing is important for ensuring debt sustainability. Past problems with fiscal deficits by local administrations in Turkey have led to two major debt restructurings. The Government has undertaken many laudable improvements in the system of fiscal management and control of local administrations in recent years, in particular by regulating the procedures for borrowing, raising the requirements for accounting and reporting, and tightening the terms for Treasury guarantees of foreign borrowing. The rest of the policy note is organized as follows. The next section summarizes the framework for sub-national borrowing in Turkey and reviews areas for further development, including in particular, an effective insolvency mechanism. Section three presents rationales for a sub-national insolvency mechanism and describes how the entry points for reform have contributed to varying modalities across countries. Section four discusses key design issues for a sub-national insolvency mechanism, driven by the fundamental difference between public and private insolvency. Final section five presents possible medium-term reform options for Turkey.
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title Turkey : Strengthening the Framework for Sub-National Borrowing
title_short Turkey : Strengthening the Framework for Sub-National Borrowing
title_full Turkey : Strengthening the Framework for Sub-National Borrowing
title_fullStr Turkey : Strengthening the Framework for Sub-National Borrowing
title_full_unstemmed Turkey : Strengthening the Framework for Sub-National Borrowing
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publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/425611486110135962/Turkey-Strengthening-the-framework-for-sub-national-borrowing-selected-issues-a-policy-note
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