Do large cities in Poland want to be paid for services? Marketization of selected tasks and organizational forms Cover Image

Czy duże miasta w Polsce chcą, by płacić im za usługi? Urynkowienie realizacji wybranych zadań a formy organizacyjne
Do large cities in Poland want to be paid for services? Marketization of selected tasks and organizational forms

Author(s): Marcin Będzieszak
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, National Economy, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: user charges; own revenues; local governments’ budgets

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to identify trends in the marketization of selected public tasks implementation in large cities. An analysis of the implementation of selected public tasks in the form of budgetary units, local budgetary establishments and through the involvement of large cities in companies was made. The profitability of the introduction of user charges for selected public services in large cities in Poland in 2012-2014 was analyzed. This made it possible to identify key areas of marketization with the proceeds generated through user charges for services and their impact on cities’ finances. It was indicated that user charges for services in the surveyed cities, as a rule, were calculated at the level that did not allow for balancing spending on these tasks, particularly in the case of social tasks. At the same time these tasks for which self-financing was possible were separated organizationally to be implemented by municipal companies.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 432
  • Page Range: 9-17
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish