Guarding Against Fiscal Risks in Hong Kong SAR.

Hong Kong SAR's government faces the dual challenges of volatile revenue and medium term spending pressures arising from a rapidly aging population. Age-related spending pressures raise long-run sustainability concerns, while revenue volatility creates risks to service provision, possibly entai...

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Yhteisötekijä: International Monetary Fund
Aineistotyyppi: Aikakauslehti
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Sarja:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/150
Linkit:Full text available on IMF
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