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dc.titleMunicipal Fiscal Health in Latin America
dc.contributor.authorArdanaz, Martín
dc.contributor.authorBonet, Jaime Alfredo
dc.contributor.authorGarson, Sol
dc.contributor.authorHuanqui Valcárcel, Silvana
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz Miranda, Andrés
dc.contributor.authorPérez, Gerson Javier
dc.contributor.authorSlack, Enid
dc.contributor.editorArdanaz, Martín
dc.contributor.editorMuñoz Miranda, Andrés
dc.contributor.editorSlack, Enid
dc.contributor.orgunitFiscal Management Division
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coveragePeru
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2022-05-12T00:05:00
dc.date.issue2022-05-12T00:05:00
dc.description.abstractCities are important drivers of productivity, innovation, and economic growth. To achieve their full economic potential, cities must deliver high-quality public services to their residents and businesses. This is very important for Latin American cities given rapid urbanization and the deepening of decentralization reforms in many countries. The extent to which they can carry out all of these responsibilities depends at least partially on their fiscal health, ability to meet their service, infrastructure, and financial obligations with the revenue available to them. This study assesses the fiscal health of 80 main cities in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, from 2010 to 2017, and explores the factors that drive it. A primary purpose is to provide a methodology for cities to assess their own fiscal health, given available data. As such, it helps to determine whether fiscal distress is building up in selected large cities across the region and to understand whether and how financial solvency, public service delivery, and the maintenance and expansion of urban infrastructure may be compromised.
dc.format.extent237
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004251
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Municipal-Fiscal-Health-in-Latin-America.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectFiscal Policy
dc.subjectFiscal Rule
dc.subjectMunicipal Government
dc.subjectMunicipal Management
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectTaxation
dc.subjectEconomy
dc.subjectInfrastructure Development
dc.subject.jelcodeH70 - State and Local Government • Intergovernmental Relations: General
dc.subject.jelcodeH71 - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
dc.subject.jelcodeH72 - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
dc.subject.jelcodeH73 - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
dc.subject.jelcodeH74 - State and Local Borrowing
dc.subject.jelcodeH75 - State and Local Government: Health • Education • Welfare • Public Pensions
dc.subject.jelcodeH77 - Intergovernmental Relations • Federalism • Secession
dc.subject.keywordsfiscal health;fiscal sustainability;financial condition;service delivery;municipal revenues and expenditures;financial and fiscal indicators;fiscal distress
dc.typeMonographs
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-MG-01013
idb.operationME-T1372
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