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Subnational data requirements for fiscal decentralization : case studies from Central and Eastern Europe

Hegedus, Jozsef, Bell, Michael E, Yilmaz, Serdar

2003,2004

Overview

The need for subnational demographic, social, economic, and fiscal data in designing effective intergovernmental fiscal systems is becoming increasingly evident. In Central and Eastern European countries, the legacy of the region’s communist past are information systems rooted in the centralized economy. Such an approach becomes less acceptable as economic issues become more complex and subnational governments in these transition economies become responsible for the delivery of local services. As political imperatives support increasingly democratic forms of governance in which people’s needs must be taken into account in the design of policy options, there is a need for information systems that provide data to allow policymakers and citizens to assess the outcomes of policy choices. Subnational Data Requirements for Fiscal Decentralization summarizes the findings of needs assessment activities in five demonstration countries that are at different stages of fiscal decentralization: Bulgaria, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and Ukraine. These assessments are part of a program on subnational statistical capacity building, launched by the World Bank Institute, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the Economic Development Center of the Soros Foundation.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCESSION COUNTRIES / ACCOUNTABILITY / ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS / ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES / ASSESSMENT STUDY / ASSETS / AUDITING / AVAILABLE DATA / BUDGET MANAGEMENT / BUDGETARY INSTITUTIONS / CAPACITY BUILDING / CASE STUDIES / CENTRAL GOVERNMENT / CITIZENS / COMMUNIST / CONSENSUS / COUNTRY OWNERSHIP / DATA AVAILABILITY / DATA COLLECTION / DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES / DATA QUALITY / DATA REQUIREMENTS / Datenerhebung / Decentralization / DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT / Decentralization in government -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies / Decentralization in government -- Ukraine / DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS / DEGREE OF AUTONOMY / DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES / DEMOGRAPHIC DATA / DESIGNING POLICIES / DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES / DEVELOPMENT GOALS / DEVOLUTION / Dezentralisierung / DISTRICTS / DONOR AGENCIES / Eastern Europe / ECONOMIC ACTIVITY / ECONOMIC GROWTH / Economic relations / EDUCATION / ELECTED OFFICIALS / Europe, Eastern / Europe, Eastern -- Statistical services -- Case studies / EXPENDITURE / FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE / FINANCIAL DATA / FINANCIAL INFORMATION / FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT / FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS / Finanzausgleich / Finanzbeziehungen / FISCAL / FISCAL CONTROL / FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION / FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION INDICATORS / Fiscal policy / GLOBALIZATION / GOVERNANCE / GOVERNMENT BUDGETS / GOVERNMENT LEVEL / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / HOUSING / HUMAN CAPITAL / INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES / INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINANCE / INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL REFORM / INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS / Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies / Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- Ukraine / INTERGOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM / LEGAL SYSTEM / LEGISLATION / LEGISLATURE / LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT / LICENSES / LIVING STANDARDS / LOCAL ADMINISTRATION / LOCAL AUTHORITIES / LOCAL AUTONOMY / LOCAL GOVERNMENT / LOCAL GOVERNMENTS / LOCAL LEVELS / LOCAL OFFICIALS / LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT / LOCAL SERVICES / MACROECONOMIC STABILITY / MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION / MANAGEMENT CAPACITY / MANDATES / MINISTRIES OF FINANCE / MINISTRY OF FINANCE / MUNICIPALITIES / MUNICIPALITY / NATIONAL LEVEL / NATIONAL POLICY / NATIONS / NUTRITION / OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES / Osteuropa / PARTNER ORGANIZATION / POLICY CHOICES / POLICY FORMULATION / POLICY LEVEL / POLICY OBJECTIVES / POLICY OPTIONS / POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION / POLITICAL ELITE / POLITICAL ISSUES / POVERTY LEVELS / POVERTY REDUCTION / POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY / PRIMARY HEALTH CARE / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATE SECTORS / PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION / PUBLIC EXPENDITURE / PUBLIC EXPENDITURES / PUBLIC FINANCE / PUBLIC MANAGEMENT / PUBLIC POLICIES / PUBLIC POLICY / PUBLIC RESOURCES / PUBLIC SECTOR / PUBLIC SERVICES / PUBLIC SUPPORT / PUBLIC WORKS / PURCHASING POWER PARITY / REDUCING POVERTY / REGIONAL DISPARITIES / REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS / REPRESENTATIVES / REVENUE ASSIGNMENT / SECTOR MINISTRIES / SERVICE DELIVERY / SERVICE PROVIDERS / SEWAGE / SOCIAL ASPECTS / SOCIAL ASSISTANCE / SOCIAL POLICY / SOCIAL SOLIDARITY / SOLID WASTE COLLECTION / STATISTICAL DATA / STATISTICAL OFFICE / STATISTICAL OFFICES / Statistical services / STATISTICAL SYSTEMS / SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT / SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS / SUBSIDIARY / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / TAX / TAX REVENUES / TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE / TECHNICAL SUPPORT / TRANSITION COUNTRIES / TRANSITION ECONOMIES / TRANSPARENCY / TREASURY / Ukraine / Ukraine -- Statistical services / WAGES DATA ANALYSIS
• ISBN: 0821356992, 9780821356999