01784cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015269 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513594125 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. European Dept. Republic of Lithuania : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (56 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper reviews public expenditure in Lithuania with a view to identify areas for which deeper reforms may be warranted to improve spending efficiency and contain future spending pressures. The paper benchmarks spending levels and spending composition in Lithuania against those in other European countries. The 31 European countries covered in the benchmarking exercise include the EU-28 plus Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland. Reflecting the tendency for public spending to increase with income, Lithuania's spending as a share of GDP is compared with the European Union average spending controlling for GDP per capita. The paper also tries to assess spending relative to outcomes to get a sense of spending efficiency. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2015/139 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2015/139/002.2015.issue-139-en.xml IMF e-Library