The necessity of reforming the role the state plays in economy – Essential experience gained from ÁSZKUT researc

Abstract

The efficiency of public finances, and in a wider envelope the efficacy of the operation of the pub lic sector, is one of the most significant research areas of Állami Számvevõszék Kutatóintézete [State Audit Office Research Institute] (hereon referred to as the Institute).1 Thus, we need to ask the question time after time in the course of our research projects: How much can the state and the entire public sector contribute to improving the competitiveness of the economic sector and, ultimately, the entire country? In this opening study I would like to present the results gained from nearly 10 years of work of the insti tution that has been seeking answers to that question.