Publications of Dethier, J.-J.

L. H, Kézdi G, B. N. Wages, employment and incentives in the public sector in Hungary. In: Bokros L, Dethier J-J, editors. Public finance reform during the transition : the experience of Hungary. Washington, D.C.: World Bank; 1998. p. 399-421.
Bokros L. Public finance reform during the transition: the unfinished agenda. In: Bokros L, Dethier J-J, editors. Public finance reform during the transition: The experience of Hungary. Washington, D.C.: World Bank; 1998. p. 535-68. Abstract

Public finance reform during the transition: the unfinished agenda

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Public finance reform during the transition: The experience of Hungary

Nineteen papers present Hungary's experience with public finance reform during the transition, addressing the economic, social, and institutional dimensions of this process. Papers discuss the general trends and the philosophy of public finance reform; macroeconomic policy in Hungary in the 1990s; fiscal deficit and public debt during the transition; long-term effects of fiscal adjustment; the history of the Hungarian public finance reform; Hungary's public finances in an international context; the Hungarian pension system in transition; the reform of the health care system; reforms in education financing; poverty alleviation, social assistance, and family benefits; labor-market policy reforms and the fiscal constraint; privatization; reforms in public finance management; wages and employment in the public sector; sorting out intergovernmental roles and responsibilities; constitutional rights and the reform of social entitlements; tax-policy reforms; tax administration during the transition; and the unfinished agenda. Bokros is with the Private and Financial Sectors Development Unit of the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank. Dethier is in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit of the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank. Index.