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July 1997 Social security contributions and outlays in the economies of Central Europe do not differ much from those in the OECD countries, so experience in the OECD countries is relevant to them. The main problem: Loose eligibility criteria that allow too much pension money to go to early retirees. Despite a dramatic shift away from subsidies in the early years of transition, the countries of Central Europe still show signs of unsuccessful fiscal adjustment, insufficient deficit reduction, and loose spending policy. High social transfers and low efficiency of government spending remain two challenges of fiscal adjustment and long-term sustainability of budgetary policy choices. A cross-country regression analysis shows that the problems with high social-security outlays are largely the result of loose eligibility criteria (many pensions go to early retirees) under current state pay-as-you-go pension systems- not so much to old populations or high replacement rates. Fakin and de Crombrugghe suggest that transition economies should strive for a real social consensus on the reform of future pension rights. The transition to a funded pension system could be financed by a combination of: * Government debt. * Proceeds from privatization. * Efficiency gains from lowering and/or restructuring government spending in favor of infrastructure, retraining, and market-oriented tertiary education. This paper-a joint product of the Office of the Senior Vice President, Development Economics and Chief Economist, and Research Support Staff-is part of Fiscal Reform in Poland (RPO 678-96), a study funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget.
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International economic integration. --- Commercial policy --- Regionalism.
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EUROPEAN INTEGRATION--HISTORY --- EUROPE--ECONOMIC INTEGRATION--HISTORY --- Europe --- Economic integration --- History
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Arab countries --- Politics and government --- 20th century --- Economic integration
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European Union countries --- -European Union countries --- -Economic integration --- Economic policy
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Finance --- Financial crises --- European Union --- Europe, Central --- Economic integration.
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Europe --- Europe, Eastern --- Europe --- Europe de l'Est --- Economic integration --- Economic integration --- Intégration économique --- Intégration économique
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International relations. Foreign policy --- European law --- European Union. --- 337.142 --- European Union countries --- -EU countries --- Euroland --- Europe --- Economic integration --- -Economic integration
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