On 1 March 2016 the Cabinet of Ministers approved the following:
- The Scope of spending review (effects of budget elasticity tools; correlation to market prices; irrational spending changes compared to 2015; analysis of past new policy initiatives etc.).
- Reviewing priorities – health and education sectors (also two working groups were set up for overall process, one of the specifically dedicated to health spending);
- Fundamentally review and update performance information linking it to policies and budget programme expenditures;
- To develop tools for analysing efficiency and effectiveness of expenditure (linking expenditure with policy outcomes and outputs).
Methods of Spending Review 2016
