To this effect, the recently legislated semi-autonomous tax agency will need to become fully operational and be shielded from political interference. Beyond that, accelerating the implementation of public administration reform is key to the success of the wider reform agenda.
Significant delays have occurred in finalising staffing plans and transferring employees to the new mobility scheme, and this is slowing down the identification of redundant positions and the necessary modernisation of the public sector. Of course, consolidation would be made easier by higher rates of growth. But we should not treat growth as an exogenous variable.