Ukraine: Technical Assistance Report-Enhancing the Medium-Term Budget Framework and Preparing Expenditure Baseline

November 25, 2019

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Ukraine: Technical Assistance Report-Enhancing the Medium-Term Budget Framework and Preparing Expenditure Baseline, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2019) accessed December 22, 2024

Summary

This Technical Assistance paper on Ukraine focuses on enhancing the medium-term budget framework and preparing expenditure baselines. While the inclusion of a contingency provision in the budget is prudent, it will be important that it is well communicated and strongly defended. There is a risk that the provision will be a general policy reserve, which can undermine budget discipline and disincentivize medium-term planning. The Budget Declaration submitted to the Cabinet is a significant step forward and contains many sound elements of a medium-term budget document. The Ministry of Finance should continue to expand its content in future years to better explain the basis of fiscal plans and improve transparency. Key enhancements include providing greater explanation on the main drivers of the medium-term macroeconomic and fiscal projections, reporting on compliance with fiscal rules, and further expanding the fiscal risk statement. Credible and robust expenditure baselines will take time to develop and the Ministry of Finance will need to play a central role.

Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Expenditure, Fiscal risks, Pension spending, Public expenditure review, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Baseline estimate, Baseline expenditure estimate, Budget declaration, Budget instruction, Budget planning and preparation, CR, Existing government policy, Expenditure baseline, Expenditure ceiling, Fiscal risks, Government policy, Government program, ISCR, Line department, MoF-Ministry of Finance, Pension spending, Public expenditure review, Social policy, Subsistence level

Publication Details

Pages:

39
Volume:

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DOI:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2019/353
Stock No:

1UKREA2019006
ISBN:

9781513521084
ISSN:

1934-7685

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