Bulgaria Spending Review : Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness of Waste Management Spending
In 2016, the Government of Bulgaria (GoB) decided to initiate spending reviews (RS) to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its spending in the context of a moderate fiscal consolidation process. Although Bulgaria has one of the lowest overa...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/177091548920144916/Bulgaria-Spending-Review-Improving-Efficiency-and-Effectiveness-of-Waste-Management-Spending http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31244 |
| Summary: | In 2016, the Government of Bulgaria
(GoB) decided to initiate spending reviews (RS) to improve
the efficiency and effectiveness of its spending in the
context of a moderate fiscal consolidation process. Although
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 waste management, Bulgaria
spends the most among comparable EU countries, but outcomes
could be significantly improved. Still a large part (48
percent in 2016 ) of municipal solid waste generated is
landfilled even though waste management infrastructure is
under development. 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 waste management. 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 waste
management. A secondary objective is for this SR to help
increase the transparency of spending on waste management,
as information on spending categories by activity and
municipality has not been analyzed until now. |
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