Reducting public spending: the lessons of experience

As a public policy think tank dedicated to studying issues that resonate internationally, France Stratégie publishes regularly in English on the labour market, the digital economy, sustainable development, economics and social affairs.Constrained by high levels of public deficit or debt, most developed countries are seeking to implement strategies for reducing public spending. In France, the 2014-2017 Stability Programme, presented in April 20141, calls for a decrease of the share of public expenditure in GDP of three percentage points over the next three years. Studying the experience of other developed countries in reduction of spending is a way of identifying general principles.

To read the full policy brief: France Strategie, July 2014: Reducing public spending: the lessons of experience http://www.strategie.gouv.fr/sites/strategie.gouv.fr/files/atoms/files/na-fs-internationale-juin2014-anglais-ok.pdf

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