Project HESO - 4th Quarter October - December 2002

4th Quarter OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2002 RATING Quality Importance
Measures Ranked by Rating Values
(i.e. Contribution to the Economic and Social Development)		 [-300;300] [ -3; 3 ] %
1. Conclusion of accession negotiations with the European Union 215,0 2,40 89,7
2. Abolishing restrictions (customs duties and quotas) in trade with the Czech Republic 126,6 2,44 51,8
3. Memorandum of the Government of the Slovak Republic 119,5 1,50 79,7
4. Amendment to the Employment Act (stricter eligibility conditions for unemployment benefits; municipalities as executors of the employment policy) 85,6 1,63 52,6
5. Raising regulated prices 77,5 1,07 72,4
6. 2003 State budget (deficit of Sk 56bn, 4.9% of GDP) 73,3 0,92 79,8
7. Amendment to the Social Assistance Act (cuts of social assistance benefits and strengthening of their targeted nature) 72,3 1,35 53,6
8. Amendment to the Act on Civil Service (opportunity to recall heads of service offices; abolishing so-called guaranteed tenure of office for top experts without passing qualification exam; establishment of so-called employee positions of strategic significance with above-standard remuneration) 68,9 1,56 44,2
9. Reduction of interest rates by the National Bank of Slovakia (by 1.5 percentage points) 68,9 1,19 57,9
10. Slimming down the government (dissolution of the Ministry of Privatization and of the positions of Deputy Prime Ministers without portfolio) 58,8 1,53 38,3
11. Raising excise tax on tobacco and mineral oils 55,1 1,16 47,3
12. Freezing the salaries of constitutional officials and state sector employees 54,0 1,28 42,3
13. Proposal to introduce flat payments for health care related services (draft amendment to the Health Care Act) 54,0 0,88 61,1
14. Reducing the gap between value added tax rates (amendment to the VAT Act) 53,8 0,86 62,6
15. Dissolution of the Substitute Alimony Fund (so-called Alimonies Fund) 53,2 1,66 32,0
16. Proposal of a differentiated system of remuneration of health professionals (draft amendment to the Act on Public Service) 46,8 0,98 48,0
17. Amendment to the Child Allowance Act (cuts in the flat amount of child allowance; making the payment of supplement to child allowance dependent upon the family income) 43,2 0,93 46,5
18. Cutting the state premium on construction savings scheme from 25% to 20% (max. amount cut from Sk 4,000 to Sk 3,000) (amendment to the Construction Savings Act) 31,9 0,79 40,4
19. National Bank of Slovakia’s exchange rate interventions on the foreign exchange market to prevent the rapid appreciation of the Slovak crown 12,1 0,21 57,9
20. State acquires a stake in the assets of the Slovak Airlines (Slovenské aerolínie, a.s.) -0,7 -0,02 28,6
21. Amendment to the Health Insurance Act (state guarantees for the liabilities of a dissolved health insurance fund up to the amount of the principal of the debt; extension of the ban on executions of health insurance funds and health-service institutions) -15,7 -0,31 50,7
22. Granting a state guarantee for the loan to the Railways of the Slovak Republic (Železnice SR, a.s.) amounting to Sk 2.1bn -35,4 -1,00 35,4
  RATING of the 4th QUARTER 2002 (passed measures) 60,9    
  RATING of the 3rd QUARTER 2002 (passed measures) 33,5    

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