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Central & eastern EuropeSeptember 1 2015

Consolidation and stabilisation: Serbian finance minister's hopes for reforms

Serbia's economic struggles have been well documented over the past few years, with its fiscal deficit particularly worrying. The country's finance minister, Dušan Vujović, tells Stefanie Linhardt how its reforms are already advancing down a route he hopes will lead to full EU accession.
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Q: You took office as Serbia’s finance minister in July 2014, having previously worked at the World Bank for more than 25 years. What are the key points of your government’s reform programme?

A: The programme combines fiscal consolidation and macroeconomic stabilisation as the first pillar, with a range of structural reforms aimed at resolving the legacy of the past. This includes the resolution of more than 500 enterprises in distress, improved efficiency of public sector infrastructure companies, reform of the financial sector, and reform of the government itself and the entire public sector.

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