Publication budget practices in the Netherlands

Instead of translating all expenditure review reports, different parts of a selection of reports (on Housing, Children and Higher Education) have been made available in English.

The different parts selected for translation recur in each report and provide a useful insight into how the Dutch expenditure review reports are structured. First however, the roles of the Budgeting Framework Commission and the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis are explained. Additionally, some remarks are made on how and why the government has published the fundamental expenditure reviews.

Due to the fall of the Dutch government general elections were brought forward by a full year. The Netherlands general election was held on 9 June 2010 to elect the Lower House. The following four reports serve as important sources of information in the build-up to the elections and for the formation of a new coalition government:

1. the Macro Economic Outlook of the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB);
2. the Fundamental Expenditure Reviews;
3. the report of the Budgeting Framework Commission;
4. the report of the Advisory Group on the Tax System.

Summaries of these reports are included in the publication.

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