Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union: striving for a renewed partnership

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Impactos das reformas tributárias e dos gastos públicos sobre o cresciento e os investimentos: O caso do Brasil

Um tradicional desafio das finanças públicas no Brasil ainda persiste: a taxa de investimento governamental prossegue em um patamar muito baixo, em termos históricos e comparada com a de outros países, em que pese o País tenha passado a ostentar das maiores cargas tributárias globais e também do volume total de gastos públicos entre as economias emergentes. Neste contexto, o objetivo desta análise é avaliar de que maneira reformas nas finanças públicas impactaram os indicadores e a política macroeconômica, com destaque para o crescimento potencial e investimentos fixos. No Brasil, as reformas institucionais historicamente se constituíram como reações às crises, logo, perderam ímpeto depois da virada dos século quando se atravessou o período mais longo de prosperidade econômica na América Latina puxado pelo boom das comoditties. Nem mesmo a crise financeira global levou aretomada de um ciclo de reformas no Brasil que optou por concentrar as atenções no crédito e o avalancar via endividamento público. O cenário atual passou a ser marcado pelo produto estagnado e por inflação crescente. A experiência brasileira não é animadora para os propósitos de vincular reformas institucionais, investimentos públicos e crescimento econômico.

The role of the state and public finance in the next generation

Incluye Bibliografía

Finance for development: Latin America in comparative perspective

Includes bibliography

Distributive impact of public policy

Includes bibliography

Economic regulation to supplement bidding for public works contracts

Includes bibliography

Climate change in Central América: Potential impacts and public policy options

Since 2008 we have supported the collaborative initiative "Economics of Climate Change in Central America" aimed at demonstrating the impacts of climate variability and change and fostering a discussion on public policies in key sectors. The initiative has been led by the Ministries of Environment and Treasury or Finance of Central America, with the support of their ministerial councils, CCAD, COSEFIN, and Economic Integration Secretariat, SIECA. The Ministries of Agriculture and of Health, with their councils, CAC and COMISCA, have also joined the effort; and the Dominican Republic came on board in 2015.

Paraguay: a housing finance proposal for middle- to low-income groups

The construction and ownership of homes is fundamental to economic development, the generation of wealth and the formation of the middle class. Although a number of studies have been conducted and programmes implemented in recent decades, there remains a significant housing deficit in Paraguay and Latin America, indicating that such programmes have been unsuccessful. For families unable to document a steady income, the main obstacle to homeownership is often financing. This paper aims to demonstrate the economic and financial feasibility —provided there is sufficient political will and coordination between public and private entities— of a project to build 75,000 homes for 300,000 people (4.5% of the Paraguayan population) with middle to low incomes. The median household income in this segment, for which there is a significant shortage of decent housing, is US$ 396.50. A maximum of US$ 63.44 per month may be set aside for housing costs.

Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2016: Public finances and the challenge of reconciling austerity with growth and equality

Latin America’s fiscal accounts deteriorated slightly during 2015, registering an average deficit of 3.0% of GDP and average gross public debt of 34.7% of GDP. Of the 19 countries considered, the fiscal deficit and public debt as a share of GDP both increased in 11. The region started to build up public debt, most of it domestic, after the 2008 international financial crisis to meet the growing financing needs resulting from the worsening growth situation.