Fiscal decentralization in Europe in the context of social protection development

Storonyanska, Iryna; Hrynchyshyn, Iryna; Dub, A. R.; Horga, Ioan

doi:10.21003/ea.v175-04

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“…Understanding and explaining regional economic growth "requires taking into account the role of both formal society-wide institutions and local and sometimes informal institutions" [30]. Currently, there are two but disparate strands of literature on informal and formal institutions and regional economic growth [31][32][33]. The first strand of literature addresses the role of informal institutions, such as trust [20,21].…”

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Trust as a Catalyst of Economic Growth: A National and Regional Breakdown

2022

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Given the fact that Ukraine declares a European path of development and considers itself a potential member of the European Union, the study mainly examines the relationship between trust and economic growth in Ukraine and other countries of the world, including post-Soviet countries. The hypothesis that general trust has a positive effect on economic growth in general is tested, and a comparative assessment of the level and factors of trust across the regions of Ukraine has been carried out. The results show an historical tradition of mistrust of the state and its institutions particular to Ukraine as the country where the state has been perceived as foreign by most of the population for over 70 years; exceptional weakness and corruption of state administration, even by the standard of third-world countries; availability of influential and consistent stereotypes, partially universal and partly specific to post-communist countries. It causes polarization in society and within certain social groups and governmental institutions. Ukrainian society is characterized by the waste of symbolic capital of confidence in authorities. Meanwhile, there is some symmetry between mistrust of the system and trust in entities created by people to meet their spiritual, social, psychological, and other needs.

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Trust as a Catalyst of Economic Growth: A National and Regional Breakdown

2022

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“…The research in the scientific literature on the topic of decentralization usually concentrates on the impact of this process on accountability, economic freedom, and political and civil liberties [3]; technological innovation and green development efficiency [4]; environmental pollution [5][6][7]; economic growth [8][9][10][11][12][13][14]; government and corruption [15][16][17][18]; regional disparities [19][20][21][22], etc. The research in the scientific literature also concerns the influence of decentralization on social development by decentralizing budget expenditures [23][24][25][26][27]. While fiscal decentralization in education and housing appears to have a negative effect on well-being, this effect is positive in the cases of health and culture, and in recreation [25].…”

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Development of Rural Areas in Ukraine in the Context of Decentralization: An Empirical Study

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Decentralization in Ukraine was actualized due to the inability of the local self-government system to satisfy the needs of the rural population in public services for the comprehensive development of a person, their self-realization, and the protection of their constitutional rights. The purpose of this empirical study is to examine development of rural areas in Ukraine in the context of decentralization. The methodology used was exploratory qualitative in nature and used a multiple case study, wherein data analysis were applied. We have found that the first result of decentralization in 2015–2018 is a slowdown in the decline of the proportion of the rural population, in the rate of decline of the available rural population, and the employment rate of the rural population. Our study refutes the hypothesis that the rural development targets, which were defined at the beginning of decentralization and fixed in the current legislation, have been achieved. Rural development targets have not been achieved, and economic modeling shows that there are no prospects for achieving them in the near future. The research results presented in the paper are of considerable importance for developing economic policy and the social development of rural areas, by addressing the needs of these rural areas.

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“…The countries that spend much less on social protection in terms of GDP and have high levels of poverty are Estonia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Romania and Lithuania. Some European countries still have high centralization of social protection expenditures [19]. (The optimal level of budgetary decentralization is considerably influenced by tax capacity of regions, the list of fixed taxes and charges, as well as the proportion of distribution of the general state taxes and charges.…”

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Financial Control in the System of Budgetary Security of the State and Regions Under Decentralization Conditions in Ukraine

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The relevance of the topic of the study is determined by the processes of reforming financial control system under conditions of the budgetary decentralization and euro integration processes in Ukraine. The theoretical and methodological principles of researching budgetary security and decentralization were determined. Based on the data within a twenty-five-year period the dynamics of profits, costs and surplus of the Consolidated budget of Ukraine were analyzed. The influence of the economic development cyclicity on budgetary security in the part of occurrence of budgetary deficit was identified. The quantitative assessment of budget decentralization in Ukraine was made based on the share of revenue of local budget in the revenues of Consolidated budget as well as transfers in the revenue and expenditure of the State budget of Ukraine. The scientific outcome of the study is the refinement of the definition of budget security for the state and the regions and substantiation of the conceptual model of financial control under decentralization conditions. Unlike the existing definitions the proposed definition is grounded on the change of the ideology of the budget process participants under conditions of its democratization and decentralization as well as the risk-oriented and strategic approach. The proposed conceptual model of financial control under decentralization conditions is grounded on the unified network of the state and municipal control authorities, delegation of control functions according to the budget powers, transition from the inspection of inter-budgetary transfers to the audit of budget security under conditions of accepted socio-economic living standards of the local population, unification and standardization of the approaches to conducting audits of legality and effectiveness of the formation and using the local budgets.

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Fiscal decentralization in Europe in the context of social protection development

Cited by 4 publications

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Trust as a Catalyst of Economic Growth: A National and Regional Breakdown

Trust as a Catalyst of Economic Growth: A National and Regional Breakdown

Development of Rural Areas in Ukraine in the Context of Decentralization: An Empirical Study

Financial Control in the System of Budgetary Security of the State and Regions Under Decentralization Conditions in Ukraine

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