Bulgaria Spending Review on Policing and Firefighting
In 2016, the Government of Bulgaria (GoB) decided to initiate spending reviews to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its spending in the context of a moderate fiscal consolidation process. Though Bulgaria has one of the lowest overall spen...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/806921532364355486/Bulgaria-Spending-review-on-policing-and-firefighting http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30167 |
| Summary: | In 2016, the Government of Bulgaria
(GoB) decided to initiate spending reviews to improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of its spending in the context
of a moderate fiscal consolidation process. Though Bulgaria
has one of the lowest overall spending in the European Union
(EU), spending outcomes lag those of other EU member states.
In the case of public order and safety, Bulgaria spends the
most among comparable EU countries but outcomes are not
satisfactory. Surveys show that citizens have low confidence
on the effectiveness of police. Police and firefighters in
turn, have said that their effectiveness is constrained by
the condition of equipment, excessive time spent on
paperwork, additional responsibilities imposed in the
frequently changed legislation, and by curtailed staff
benefits. To help address these challenges the Ministry of
Finance (MoF) requested analytical and advisory support from
the World Bank. Such support was intended to identify
spending pressures and potential efficiency and
effectiveness gains in policing and firefighting. In
contrast to most spending reviews, where saving targets are
identified upfront and the primary objective is to find ways
of reducing the budget, the primary objective of this review
is to increase performance and use any savings derived from
efficiency gains for additional priority spending on
policing and firefighting. |
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