This paper provides an overview of issues related to fiscal consolidation drawing on the literature; it distills some lessons from fiscal consolidation episodes using a new database covering 196 countries...
This paper provides an overview of issues related to fiscal consolidation drawing on the literature; it distills some lessons from fiscal consolidation episodes using a new database covering 196 countries...
High debt and limited fiscal space demand fiscal consolidation. However, cutting spending should not compromise long-term growth. Public investment should be protected, avoiding wasteful projects. Cuts...
The Quality of Expenditure Heatmap (QEH) is a tool that provides information to help assess the quality of public expenditure, comparing expenditure outcomes across countries or groups of countries. Using...
The Quality of Expenditure Heatmap (QEH) is a tool that provides information to help assess the quality of public expenditure, comparing expenditure outcomes across countries or groups of countries. Using...
Tax revenue collection is essential to the state’s ability to address market failures, provide goods and services such as health and education, invest in infrastructure, stabilize the economy in response...
Current investment trends in emerging market and developing economies are not enough to meet the needs of their growing populations and will fall short of achieving the sustainable development goals related...
This paper provides an overview of issues related to fiscal consolidation drawing on the literature; it distills some lessons from fiscal consolidation episodes using a new database covering 196 countries...