generally associated with higher economic growth in both the short and long terms. The composition of public outlays also …

policies while simultaneously strengthening revenue administration and public expenditure management. Based on experiences in …

policy issues, including the cyclicality of spending, public investment, public employment, and social expenditures. It finds … that primary expenditures have trended upward for the past ten years as a share of GDP, driven by increases in current … spending, in particular for social expenditures. Fluctuations in real spending have continued to follow a procyclical pattern …