Restoring Public Debt Sustainability: The Role of Independent Fiscal Institutions. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Restoring Public Debt Sustainability: The Role of Independent Fiscal Institutions

A comprehensive survey of a new generation of independent fiscal institutions, established to promote transparency in public finances.

George Kopits is a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and a member of the Portuguese Public Finance Council and of Peru's Commission on Reform of the Macro-Fiscal Framework. Recently, he chaired the OECD reference group on independent fiscal institutions. In the past, he served as the first chair of the Fiscal Council in Hungary and as a member of the Monetary Council, National Bank of Hungary. Previous positions included assistant director at the International Monetary Fund and financial economist at the U.S. Treasury Department. He has given technical advice to governments in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. He has held a number of visiting academic appointments (at Bocconi, Budapest, Cape Town, Johns Hopkins, Siena, and Vienna universities) and has published extensively on public policy issues. Currently, he is on the adjunct faculty of the Central European University.