Multilateral analyses and derived lessons as reflected in the studies of the volume

Abstract

When preparing the studies of this volume, the starting point for all of us, whether overtly or covertly, was the conviction that, if we really intended to help, we should avoid and surpass simplified problem identification, one-dimensional data processing or analyses ignoring interactions, or the far-reaching value judgements made on the basis of the former. Having examined the same phenomena, the grounds of assumptions sometimes treated as facts, from several angles, we have, I believe, attained new knowledge. We have, however, not come to the end of the task by far yet; having identified the major correlations, cause and effect relationships, we need to conduct multilateral performance analyses on certain guiding and implementation elements of public finances in the context of their role played in competitiveness, their performance in this aspect and provide a map of the points where intervention is required or where the mutual effect of various measures could be counterproductive or even mutually extinguishing.