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dc.titleBetter Spending for Better Lives: How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Do More with Less
dc.contributor.authorAlaimo, Veronica
dc.contributor.authorCafagna, Gianluca
dc.contributor.authorElacqua, Gregory
dc.contributor.authorGiles Álvarez, Laura
dc.contributor.authorIzquierdo, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorKeefer, Philip
dc.contributor.authorMartínez Von der Fecht, Matías
dc.contributor.authorVuletin, Guillermo
dc.contributor.authorMoreno-Serra, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorPastor, Cinthya
dc.contributor.authorPessino, Carola
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Diana M.
dc.contributor.authorPuig, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorRiera-Crichton, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorScartascini, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorSerebrisky, Tomás
dc.contributor.authorRiera-Crichton, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorSuárez-Alemán, Ancor
dc.contributor.authorVlaicu, Razvan
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.available2018-09-24T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2018-09-24T00:00:00
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.extent453;503
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001217-es
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-59782-331-9
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.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Mejor-gasto-para-mejores-vidas-Cómo-América-Latina-y-el-Caribe-puede-hacer-más-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_pt_pt.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.mediumEpub
dc.mediumMobi
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.relation.seriesDevelopment in the Americas
dc.subjectPublic Expenditure
dc.subjectFiscal Policy
dc.subjectPolitical Economy
dc.subjectInfrastructure Development
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectCitizen Security and Crime Prevention
dc.subjectProductive Efficiency
dc.subject.jelcodeH54 - Infrastructures • Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
dc.subject.jelcodeH53 - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
dc.subject.jelcodeH51 - Government Expenditures and Health
dc.subject.jelcodeI14 - Health and Inequality
dc.subject.jelcodeH55 - Social Security and Public Pensions
dc.subject.jelcodeE26 - Informal Economy • Underground Economy
dc.subject.jelcodeH52 - Government Expenditures and Education
dc.subject.jelcodeI15 - Health and Economic Development
dc.subject.keywordspublic spending;public expenditure
dc.typeBooks
idb.identifier.pubnumberBooks
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