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Jamaica Joint Country Financial Accountability Assessment (CFAA) and Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2006
The main objective of the Joint Country Financial Accountability Assessment (CFAA) and the Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR) is to contribute to the implementation of Public Sector Modernization Vision and Strategy for 2002-2012 and its Medium Term Socio-Economic Policy Framework. It also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193409
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Costa Rica: The Next Stage-Reform without Volatility: A Report
Zamora, Rodrigo Bolaños - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
finances due to large domestic debts and politically motivated expenditure cycles, underdeveloped financial markets, weak …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943707
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Public Debt and Social Expenditure: Friends or Foes?
Lora, Eduardo; Olivera, Mauricio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
This paper assesses the effects of total public debt (external and domestic) on social expenditure worldwide and in … finding is that higher debt ratios do reduce social expenditures, as popular opinion holds. Debt displaces social expenditures … the adverse consequences of debt on social expenditures. In accordance with popular wisdom, our results indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944143
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Jamaica Joint Country Financial Accountability Assessment (CFAA) and Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2006
The main objective of the Joint Country Financial Accountability Assessment (CFAA) and the Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR) is to contribute to the implementation of Public Sector Modernization Vision and Strategy for 2002-2012 and its Medium Term Socio-Economic Policy Framework. It also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653310
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Is the Eurozone on the Mend? Latin American Examples to Analyze the Euro Question
Cavallo, Eduardo Alfredo; Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
Several European countries face challenges reminiscent of those faced by the emerging economies of Latin America. The economic booms in some peripheral Euro-zone countries financed by large capital inflows; the credit and asset price booms and then the busts including Sudden Stops in capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943779
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Strengthening the Capacities of Parliaments in the Budget Process
Varea, Marco; Santiso, Carlos - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
In the past decade, parliaments have shown increasing activism in the budget process by demanding more information about the government's performance in managing public resources. Nevertheless, in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), parliaments face important challenges, taking an effective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711622
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The Fiscal Institutions of Tomorrow
Sanginés, Mario; Cabrera, Joan Oriol Prats; Pimenta, Carlos - Inter-American Development Bank
The Fiscal Institutions of Tomorrow, the first publication in the series Institutions for People, addresses issues of public management that are key to economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean. It presents the challenges that the countries in the region face to strengthen fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895462
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Economic Crisis and Fiscal Reforms in Latin America
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Hallerberg, Mark - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The recent financial crisis has initiated pressures for not only policy reform but also fundamental institutional fiscal reforms. This paper explores the connection between economic crises and fiscal institutional reforms in a region that has experienced plenty of both in recent years, namely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943892
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Template for Debt Sustainability: A User Manual
Borensztein, Eduardo; Castro, Christian; Cavallo, Eduardo A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
The template presented in this note is concerned with the evaluation of the sustainability of total government debt, regardless of whether the creditor is a domestic or foreign resident, a public or private entity or the jurisdiction where the debt was issued (in the case of bonded debt). The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673224
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Las instituciones fiscales del mañana
Corbacho, Ana; Osío, Gustavo García; Marcel, Mario; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Las instituciones fiscales del mañana, título inaugural de la serie Instituciones para la gente, aborda temas de gestión pública clave para el desarrollo económico de América Latina y el Caribe. Presenta los desafíos que enfrentan los países de la región para consolidar instituciones...
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