IMF Staff Country Reports

Republic of Poland: Selected Issues

May 11, 2000

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Republic of Poland: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the use of fiscal rules in Poland and also suggests improvements. The study reviews the income tax reforms, developments in the polish tax system, and discusses the need and scope for public expenditure reform, employment, and the role of reforms of labor market institutions in reducing the unemployment rate. The paper highlights the trend in the saving-investment balance, the major determinants of private saving, and presents the results of a simple econometric analysis based on a panel dataset of selected transition economies.

Subject: Employment, Expenditure, Labor, National accounts, Private savings, Wages

Keywords: Central and Eastern Europe, CR, East Asia, Eastern Europe, Employment, Global, Government, Government expenditure projection, ISCR, Personal income, Private savings, Privatization strategy, Program document, Rate, Rate reduction, Saving, Saving rate, Wage, Wage growth, Wages

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    110

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2000/060

  • Stock No:

    1POLEA0022000

  • ISBN:

    9781451831887

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685