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Transparent and effective public investment — #101 Obligation of politicians to demonstrate declared benefits of a costlier public investment

From certain financial limit a preliminary obligation should be imposed upon politicians realising public investments consisting in proving that the funds collected from citizens in the form of taxes will be used effectively and efficiently. Investments from the public funds should only be used on projects that have clear benefits or growth potential, such as missing infrastructure.

Justification and sources

Selected update

Updated: 06/2016 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
50%
Progression:
50%
The law proposal is in the Gov't

The proposal of the Act on management and control of public finances requires, within the framework of the preliminary assessment of an expenditure operation, that before planned expenditure from the public budget is realized the expected results and impacts of the expenditure be assessed as well as the amount of funds to be expended in the preparatory, realization and operational phase. The obligation to perform the preliminary assessment is, however, dependent on the amount to be set by an internal regulation which is not anyhow limited and, hence, it is not clear whether or not this amount will be proportionate.

Compared to current state

Updated: 12/2016 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
50%
Progression:
60%
The law proposal is in the Lower Chamber

The proposal of the Act on management and control of public finances, which is in the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, requires, within the framework of the preliminary assessment of an expenditure operation, that before planned expenditure from the public budget is realized the expected results and impacts of the expenditure be assessed as well as the amount of funds to be expended in the preparatory, realization and operational phase. The obligation to perform the preliminary assessment is, however, dependent on the amount to be set by an internal regulation which is not anyhow limited and, hence, it is not clear whether or not this amount will be proportionate.