Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (External organisation)

Activity: MembershipCommittee

Description

8th Annual Meeting of OECD Parliamentary Budget Officials and Independent Fiscal Institutions

Medium-term expenditure frameworks (MTEFs) are a tool governments can use to emphasise a medium term budgetary perspective rather than solely an annual one and to improve fiscal discipline. While medium-term expenditure ceilings are set in all but four OECD countries, the strength of these frameworks varies greatly, reflected by the degree to which they are stipulated in legislation and subsequently monitored by the legislative or independent bodies. My presentation examines where independent fiscal institutions can best complement MTEFs in promoting transparent and prudent fiscal policy.
Period11 Apr 201612 Apr 2016
Held atOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Keywords

  • Fiscal Policy
  • fiscal councils
  • fiscal rules