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Getting Spending Right Latin America needs to reform public spending to make it more efficient, better help the poor, and address infrastructure bottlenecks. |
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Back to Basics -- Fiscal Space: What It Is and How to Get It Although the term is new, the concept is not. It has long been an element of sound fiscal analysis. And the challenge of creating fiscal space is one that has always confronted governments and their advisors, including international financial institutions like the IMF. |
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Latin America: When Is Fiscal Stimulus Right? For some Latin American countries stimulus is appropriate during the global economic crisis. But for others the answer is less clear. |
