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Record Nr.

UNINA9910165037003321

Autore

Ghazanchyan Manuk

Titolo

Collect More, Spend Better : : Public Investment in Asian Frontier Markets / / Manuk Ghazanchyan, Ricardo Marto, Jiri Jonas, Kaitlyn Douglass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2017

ISBN

1-4755-7102-X

1-4755-7106-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (37 pages) : color illustrations, tables, graphs

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

MartoRicardo

JonasJiri

DouglassKaitlyn

Disciplina

338.90091724

Soggetti

Economic development - Developing countries

Debts, Public - Developing countries

Public investments - Developing countries

Public Finance

Taxation

Investment

Capital

Intangible Capital

Capacity

Fiscal Policy

International Lending and Debt Problems

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures

Other Public Investment and Capital Stock

Debt

Debt Management

Sovereign Debt

Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development

Public finance & taxation

Public investment spending

Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)

Public debt

Revenue administration

Tax collection

Expenditure

Public investments



Public-private sector cooperation

Debts, Public

Revenue

Tax administration and procedure

Sri Lanka

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

We use a dynamic small open economy model to explore the macroeconomic impact of  alternative public investment scaling-up scenarios, analyzing how improving the  efficiency of capital spending and of tax revenue collection affect growth and debt  sustainability for three fast-growing Southeast Asian economies: Cambodia, Sri Lanka,  and Vietnam. We show that a gradual public investment profile is more favorable than  front-loading capital spending because we assume governments are able to gradually learn  how to invest more efficiently, accelerating public capital accumulation and therefore  growth. We discuss the pros and cons of alternative financing options and identify the  financing mix that generates the best macroeconomic outcome. Sometimes overlooked,  improving the efficiency of revenue collection over time may ease the burden of fiscal  adjustment, achieving higher GDP growth with substantially lower debt-to-GDP ratios,  and will help policymakers efficiently meet the challenge of addressing large  infrastructure gaps while maintaining debt sustainability.