Public Expenditure in Latin America : Trends and Key Policy Issues /

This paper examines trends in government spending in Latin America from the mid-1990s to 2006. It also examines key 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...

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Autor Principal: Clements, Benedict
Outros autores: Faircloth, Christopher, Verhoeven, Marijn
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/021
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF