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dc.titleBetter Spending for Better Lives: How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Do More with Less (Executive Summary)
dc.contributor.authorPessino, Carola
dc.contributor.authorIzquierdo, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorVuletin, Guillermo
dc.contributor.editorIzquierdo, Alejandro
dc.contributor.editorPessino, Carola
dc.contributor.editorVuletin, Guillermo
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2018-11-15T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2018-10-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractPublic spending has climbed in Latin America and the Caribbean. Riding a commodity windfall and low interest rates, many governments in the region tried to spend their way into the future. Unfortunately, the party is over and policymakers must find a way to keep their economies growing and their citizens happy in a fiscally sustainable manner. The traditional answer to this moment of truth has been to simply cut spending across the board. This book suggests there is another way out. Even if governments need to spend less in aggregate, the same or even more services can be provided if ways are found to be smarter about spending, to be more efficient, in short, to make every penny count.
dc.format.extent30
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001412
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Better-Spending-for-Better-Lives-How-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-Can-Do-More-with-Less-(Executive-Summary).pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Resumen_ejecutivo_-_DIA_2018_-_Mejor_gasto_para_mejores_vidas_-_C_mo_Am_rica_Latina_y_Caribe_puede_hacer_m_s_con_menos.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/portuguese/document/Melhores_gastos_para_melhores_vidas_Como_a_América_Latina_e_o_Caribe_podem_fazer_mais_com_menos_Sumário_executivo_pt_pt.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectCitizen Safety
dc.subjectFiscal Policy
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectInfrastructure Development
dc.subjectPolitical Economy
dc.subjectPublic Expenditure
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectProductive Efficiency
dc.subject.jelcodeI24 - Education and Inequality
dc.subject.jelcodeH54 - Infrastructures • Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
dc.subject.jelcodeH53 - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
dc.subject.jelcodeO54 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.jelcodeE62 - Fiscal Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeH51 - Government Expenditures and Health
dc.subject.jelcodeI14 - Health and Inequality
dc.subject.jelcodeH55 - Social Security and Public Pensions
dc.subject.jelcodeH52 - Government Expenditures and Education
dc.subject.jelcodeI15 - Health and Economic Development
idb.identifier.pubnumberCatalogs & Brochures
idb.operationBK-C1955
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