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Competitiveness and Modernisation of Public Finances: Selecting an Action Scenario in Hungary Following EU Accession

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10-Aug-2009

The most important strategic tasks of Hungarian economic policy are to complete the process of European integration, to build up the appropriate institutional and social capacities and to harmonise real ...

Senior budget official country reviews of budgeting systems

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09-Dec-2008

The objective of senior budget official country reviews is to provide a comprehensive overview of the budget process in the country under examination, to evaluate national experiences in the light of international best practice and to provide specific policy recommendations.

Reforms for Stability and Sustainable Growth: An OECD Perspective on Hungary (Chapter 4 - Pension Reform: Providing Old-Age Income Security in the Face of Population Ageing)

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10-Apr-2008

This chapter reviews the challenges faced by the Hungarian pension system. It presents recommendations for reforms to improve fiscal and social sustainability and to strengthen the payout phase of mandatory private defined contribution (DC) pensions.

Family policy in Hungary: how to improve the reconciliation between work and family?

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16-Jul-2007

Philip Hemmings

This paper looks at how to shift the policy focus towards reconciling work and family life. Reasons for under-provision in childcare by local governments are discussed and recommendations for further central-government intervention to improve supply are made.

Encouraging sub-national government efficiency in Hungary

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16-Jul-2007

Alessandro Goglio

This paper looks at the challenges facing Hungary's counties and municipalities in modernising local infrastructures as well as dealing with cutbacks to administrative overheads and tough decisions in public services. Economics department working paper no. 565.

Economic survey of Hungary 2007: Encouraging sub-national government efficiency

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22-May-2007

Fiscal and development challenges for sub-national governments need to be helped by more transparent financing arrangements and greater use of scale economies in public services.

In search of efficiency: improving health care in Hungary

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29-Sep-2005

Alessandro Goglio

This paper describes the structure of the health care system in Hungary, highlights outstanding weaknesses and ocnsiders ways to make financing more stable and sustainable. Economics Department Working Paper 446.

Economis Survey of Hungary 2005: Raising the employment rate

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19-Jul-2005

The Hungarian government is conducting a series of reforms to tackle the low employment rate through tax and welfare reform.

Economic Survey of Hungary 2005: Entrenching macroeconomic stability and smoothing entry to the euro area

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19-Jul-2005

This Chapter discusses the challenges for monetary and fiscal policy given the government’s goal of joining the European Monetary Union in 2010.