Romania - Reining in Local Government Spending
Sub-national Governments play an important role in the Romanian public sector. In 2009, sub-national spending was equivalent to 8.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Romania has frequently adjusted its system for financing sub-national gover...
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ACCOUNTANT ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ARREARS BAILOUT BAILOUTS BANKING SECTOR BANKRUPTCIES BANKRUPTCY LAW BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE BLOCK GRANT BORROWER BUDGET CYCLE BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET PROCESS BUDGET REQUIREMENT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL GRANTS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL PROJECTS CAPITALS CASH FLOW CENTRAL AGENCIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES CITIES CIVIL SERVICE COST SHARING COST-SHARING CREDIT APPLICANT CREDITORS CURRENCY CURRENT ACCOUNT DEBT CONTROLS DEBT FORGIVENESS DEBT MANAGEMENT DEBT REPAYMENT DEBT SERVICE DECENTRALIZATION DEFICITS DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES DISBURSEMENTS DISCRETIONARY REVENUES DISTRICT DISTRICT HEATING DISTRICTS ELECTRICITY EQUALIZATION EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DISTRESS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISCAL CAPACITY FISCAL CRISIS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL GAPS FISCAL POLICY GARBAGE COLLECTION GOVERNMENT BANKRUPTCY GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT BUDGETING GOVERNMENT DEFICIT GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY HOUSEHOLDS INCOME TAX INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONSHIP INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS INVENTORIES INVENTORY LAND PARCELS LARGER TOWNS LEGISLATION LENDERS LEVY LICENSES LOAN LOCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL DEBT LOCAL EXPENDITURE LOCAL FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWERS LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCE LOCAL REVENUE LOCAL SPENDING LOCAL TAXES LONG TERM DEBT MARKET VALUE MARKET VALUES MAYOR MAYORS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY NATIONAL BANK NURSERY SCHOOL OPERATING COSTS OUTSTANDING STOCK PENSION PENSION FUNDS PERSONAL INCOME POLICY DISCRETION PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR LENDERS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PROPERTY TAX PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATION PROPERTY TAX REFORM PROPERTY TAXES PROVISIONS PUBLIC PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR DEFICIT PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC UTILITIES REAL ESTATE RECEIPTS RECURRENT EXPENDITURE RECURRENT EXPENDITURES REGISTRATION FEES REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REPAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT PERIOD REVENUE MOBILIZATION ROADS SCHOOL BUILDINGS SECTORAL MINISTRIES SEWAGE STAMP DUTIES STATE BUDGET STREETS STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBNATIONAL SUBNATIONAL EXPENDITURE SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUBVENTIONS TARIFF REVENUES TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX BASE TAX BASES TAX CODE TAX OBLIGATIONS TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REFORM TAX REVENUES TAX SHARING TAXPAYERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOWN TOWNS TRANSPARENCY TREASURY UNION URBAN AREAS WAGES |
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ACCOUNTANT ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ARREARS BAILOUT BAILOUTS BANKING SECTOR BANKRUPTCIES BANKRUPTCY LAW BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE BLOCK GRANT BORROWER BUDGET CYCLE BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET PROCESS BUDGET REQUIREMENT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL GRANTS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL PROJECTS CAPITALS CASH FLOW CENTRAL AGENCIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES CITIES CIVIL SERVICE COST SHARING COST-SHARING CREDIT APPLICANT CREDITORS CURRENCY CURRENT ACCOUNT DEBT CONTROLS DEBT FORGIVENESS DEBT MANAGEMENT DEBT REPAYMENT DEBT SERVICE DECENTRALIZATION DEFICITS DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES DISBURSEMENTS DISCRETIONARY REVENUES DISTRICT DISTRICT HEATING DISTRICTS ELECTRICITY EQUALIZATION EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DISTRESS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISCAL CAPACITY FISCAL CRISIS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL GAPS FISCAL POLICY GARBAGE COLLECTION GOVERNMENT BANKRUPTCY GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT BUDGETING GOVERNMENT DEFICIT GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY HOUSEHOLDS INCOME TAX INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONSHIP INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS INVENTORIES INVENTORY LAND PARCELS LARGER TOWNS LEGISLATION LENDERS LEVY LICENSES LOAN LOCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL DEBT LOCAL EXPENDITURE LOCAL FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWERS LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCE LOCAL REVENUE LOCAL SPENDING LOCAL TAXES LONG TERM DEBT MARKET VALUE MARKET VALUES MAYOR MAYORS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY NATIONAL BANK NURSERY SCHOOL OPERATING COSTS OUTSTANDING STOCK PENSION PENSION FUNDS PERSONAL INCOME POLICY DISCRETION PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR LENDERS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PROPERTY TAX PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATION PROPERTY TAX REFORM PROPERTY TAXES PROVISIONS PUBLIC PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR DEFICIT PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC UTILITIES REAL ESTATE RECEIPTS RECURRENT EXPENDITURE RECURRENT EXPENDITURES REGISTRATION FEES REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REPAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT PERIOD REVENUE MOBILIZATION ROADS SCHOOL BUILDINGS SECTORAL MINISTRIES SEWAGE STAMP DUTIES STATE BUDGET STREETS STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBNATIONAL SUBNATIONAL EXPENDITURE SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUBVENTIONS TARIFF REVENUES TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX BASE TAX BASES TAX CODE TAX OBLIGATIONS TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REFORM TAX REVENUES TAX SHARING TAXPAYERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOWN TOWNS TRANSPARENCY TREASURY UNION URBAN AREAS WAGES World Bank Romania - Reining in Local Government Spending |
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Sub-national Governments play an
important role in the Romanian public sector. In 2009,
sub-national spending was equivalent to 8.5 percent of gross
domestic product (GDP). Romania has frequently adjusted its
system for financing sub-national government over the last
decade. These changes reflect ongoing Government concerns
over the performance of local governments as well as
attempts to increase the transparency and stability of the
intergovernmental fiscal relationship. The most recent
reform proposals reflect a more immediate concern: the
government deficit. In an effort to meet aggregate targets
for cuts in spending, the Government has been debating
measures to reduce the local wage bill, cut transfers to
local governments, and restrain local arrears. The principal
objective of this technical assistance has been to advise
the Government on the design and implementation of such
efforts, and to suggest directions for longer-term
structural reforms. Romania has a two-tier structure of
local government. The national territory is divided into 41
counties (judets) and the city of Bucharest. These are then
divided into various categories of second-tier local
governments, hereafter referred to as localities. As of
2008, there were 3,179 such jurisdictions, consisting of
2,855 communes, 216 towns, 102 cities, and six Bucharest
districts. Both counties and localities have elected
councils and directly elected mayors/presidents. The budgets
of sub-national governments are dominated by spending on
education. Education accounted for 30 percent of
sub-national expenditure in 2009. But the role of
sub-national governments in education is limited. Localities
act as paymasters for the ministry of education,
distributing teachers' salaries on its behalf. These
payments are financed from earmarked grants. Localities have
no control over staffing numbers or wage levels in the
education sector. They are, however, responsible for
operating and maintaining school buildings, a function which
they finance from discretionary revenues. In much the same
respect, localities act as agents of centrally-financed
social assistance programs, such as the guaranteed minimum income. |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study |
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World Bank |
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World Bank |
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Romania - Reining in Local Government Spending |
| title_short |
Romania - Reining in Local Government Spending |
| title_full |
Romania - Reining in Local Government Spending |
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Romania - Reining in Local Government Spending |
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Romania - Reining in Local Government Spending |
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romania - reining in local government spending |
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World Bank |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-27362021-04-23T14:02:04Z Romania - Reining in Local Government Spending World Bank ACCOUNTANT ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ARREARS BAILOUT BAILOUTS BANKING SECTOR BANKRUPTCIES BANKRUPTCY LAW BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE BLOCK GRANT BORROWER BUDGET CYCLE BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET PROCESS BUDGET REQUIREMENT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL GRANTS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL PROJECTS CAPITALS CASH FLOW CENTRAL AGENCIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES CITIES CIVIL SERVICE COST SHARING COST-SHARING CREDIT APPLICANT CREDITORS CURRENCY CURRENT ACCOUNT DEBT CONTROLS DEBT FORGIVENESS DEBT MANAGEMENT DEBT REPAYMENT DEBT SERVICE DECENTRALIZATION DEFICITS DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES DISBURSEMENTS DISCRETIONARY REVENUES DISTRICT DISTRICT HEATING DISTRICTS ELECTRICITY EQUALIZATION EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DISTRESS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISCAL CAPACITY FISCAL CRISIS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL GAPS FISCAL POLICY GARBAGE COLLECTION GOVERNMENT BANKRUPTCY GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT BUDGETING GOVERNMENT DEFICIT GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY HOUSEHOLDS INCOME TAX INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONSHIP INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS INVENTORIES INVENTORY LAND PARCELS LARGER TOWNS LEGISLATION LENDERS LEVY LICENSES LOAN LOCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL DEBT LOCAL EXPENDITURE LOCAL FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWERS LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCE LOCAL REVENUE LOCAL SPENDING LOCAL TAXES LONG TERM DEBT MARKET VALUE MARKET VALUES MAYOR MAYORS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY NATIONAL BANK NURSERY SCHOOL OPERATING COSTS OUTSTANDING STOCK PENSION PENSION FUNDS PERSONAL INCOME POLICY DISCRETION PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR LENDERS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PROPERTY TAX PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATION PROPERTY TAX REFORM PROPERTY TAXES PROVISIONS PUBLIC PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR DEFICIT PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC UTILITIES REAL ESTATE RECEIPTS RECURRENT EXPENDITURE RECURRENT EXPENDITURES REGISTRATION FEES REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REPAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT PERIOD REVENUE MOBILIZATION ROADS SCHOOL BUILDINGS SECTORAL MINISTRIES SEWAGE STAMP DUTIES STATE BUDGET STREETS STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBNATIONAL SUBNATIONAL EXPENDITURE SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUBVENTIONS TARIFF REVENUES TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX BASE TAX BASES TAX CODE TAX OBLIGATIONS TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REFORM TAX REVENUES TAX SHARING TAXPAYERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOWN TOWNS TRANSPARENCY TREASURY UNION URBAN AREAS WAGES Sub-national Governments play an important role in the Romanian public sector. In 2009, sub-national spending was equivalent to 8.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Romania has frequently adjusted its system for financing sub-national government over the last decade. These changes reflect ongoing Government concerns over the performance of local governments as well as attempts to increase the transparency and stability of the intergovernmental fiscal relationship. The most recent reform proposals reflect a more immediate concern: the government deficit. In an effort to meet aggregate targets for cuts in spending, the Government has been debating measures to reduce the local wage bill, cut transfers to local governments, and restrain local arrears. The principal objective of this technical assistance has been to advise the Government on the design and implementation of such efforts, and to suggest directions for longer-term structural reforms. Romania has a two-tier structure of local government. The national territory is divided into 41 counties (judets) and the city of Bucharest. These are then divided into various categories of second-tier local governments, hereafter referred to as localities. As of 2008, there were 3,179 such jurisdictions, consisting of 2,855 communes, 216 towns, 102 cities, and six Bucharest districts. Both counties and localities have elected councils and directly elected mayors/presidents. The budgets of sub-national governments are dominated by spending on education. Education accounted for 30 percent of sub-national expenditure in 2009. But the role of sub-national governments in education is limited. Localities act as paymasters for the ministry of education, distributing teachers' salaries on its behalf. These payments are financed from earmarked grants. Localities have no control over staffing numbers or wage levels in the education sector. They are, however, responsible for operating and maintaining school buildings, a function which they finance from discretionary revenues. In much the same respect, localities act as agents of centrally-financed social assistance programs, such as the guaranteed minimum income. 2012-03-19T10:12:10Z 2012-03-19T10:12:10Z 2011-02-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20110218011058 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2736 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study Europe and Central Asia Europe Eastern Europe Romania |