Strategies for Fiscal Consolidation in the Post-Crisis World

Author/Editor:

Mauricio Villafuerte ; Cemile Sancak ; Jan Gottschalk ; S. M. Ali Abbas ; Olivier Basdevant ; Ricardo Velloso ; Fuad Hasanov ; Greetje Everaert ; Stephanie Eble ; Junhyung Park

Publication Date:

September 17, 2010

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

In response to the global financial crisis, governments provided substantial support to the financial and other key sectors. Although this cushioned the adverse effects of the crisis, it is necessary now to articulate a strategy to ensure the sustainability of public finances. This paper discusses the scale and composition of fiscal adjustment that will need to occur once the recovery is securely under way. Although specific country-level circumstances will influence the composition of the adjustment and its political feasibility, in many cases restoring fiscal sustainability will require reforms to reduce spending and increase tax revenue.

Series:

Departmental Paper No. 2010/008

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

September 17, 2010

ISBN/ISSN:

9781589069374/2616-5333

Stock No:

SFCPEA

Pages:

64

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