Description: Albania : Public Expenditure and Institutional Review, Volume 1. Executive Summary

Albania : Public Expenditure and Institutional Review, Volume 1. Executive Summary

This report presents an in-depth evaluation of the budgetary planning process in Albania and the institutional arrangements required for better management of public expenditures. The report does not provide a detailed analysis of expenditures or an...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	PUBLIC EXPENDITURES INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS BUDGETARY PROCESS MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY TAX REVENUES RESOURCES MANAGEMENT POLICY PLANNING INCENTIVES SAVINGS ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITING BANK PRIVATIZATION BANK RESTRUCTURING BASIC EDUCATION BUDGET EVALUATION BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET FORMULATION BUDGET MANAGEMENT BUDGET MONITORING BUDGET PERFORMANCE BUDGET PROCESS BUDGET SYSTEM BUDGETARY EXPENDITURES CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNISM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONCESSIONAL LOANS CONCESSIONAL TERMS CONSENSUS CONSOLIDATION CORRUPTION COST RECOVERY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS CURRENCY UNIT CURRENT EXPENDITURES DEBT SERVICE DEBT SERVICE RATIO DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DEFICITS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DEVOLUTION DOMESTIC BORROWING DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC MEMORANDUM ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC SHOCKS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXECUTION EXTERNAL DEBT EXTERNAL SHOCKS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL INFORMATION FISCAL PERFORMANCE FISCAL REVENUES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOREIGN BORROWING FOREIGN DEBT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES FOREIGN INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT 'S REFORM PROGRAM GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH SERVICES HOUSING HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INCREASED TRANSPARENCY INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INTEREST RATES INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINANCE INVESTMENT EXPENDITURES INVESTMENT SPENDING LACK OF TRANSPARENCY LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LONG TERM LONG TERM PROCESS MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ECONOMY MINISTRY OF FINANCE NATIONAL POLICY PENSION SYSTEM POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY FOCUS POLICY INITIATIVES POLICY OPTIONS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION GOALS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIORITY AREAS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SAVINGS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC WORKS REAL TERMS REDUCING POVERTY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REPRESENTATIVES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS REVENUE ADMINISTRATION REVENUE COLLECTION REVENUE PERFORMANCE REVENUE SOURCES SAVINGS SECTOR MINISTRIES SECTOR POLICY SECTOR WORKING SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION STATE BUDGET STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX TAX LAWS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL EXPENDITURES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT TREASURY UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1346245/albania-public-expenditure-institutional-review-vol-1-2-executive-summary http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15521

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Summary:	This report presents an in-depth evaluation of the budgetary planning process in Albania and the institutional arrangements required for better management of public expenditures. The report does not provide a detailed analysis of expenditures or an assessment of investment projects and their outcomes in each sector. Such a shift in emphasis is appropriate given the currently weak institutional capacities in Albania and the need to enforce accountability in the public sector.The report is arranged as follows: Chapter 1 deals with the macroeconomic frmaework and policies needed to maintain fiscal sustainability and improve fiscal discipline. Chapter 2 discusses revenue and expenditure patterns, presents measures that would enhance revenue performance and analyzes the allocation of expenditures. This chapter is designed to highlight the key expenditure priorities that should be more fully addressed as Albania moves forward with the medium-term expenditure framework process (MTEF). The bulk of the report--Chapters 3, 4, and 5--addresses key challenges facing Albania to improve its institutional environment and its capacities. Chapter 3 assesses the public expenditure management process and its weaknesses and how this process should be reformed. Chapter 4 explains how establishing the MTEF mechanism could provide a better linkage between policy planning and the allocation of resources. Chapter 5 discusses meeting institutional capacity requirements.

Albania : Public Expenditure and Institutional Review, Volume 1. Executive Summary

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