Is Fiscal Policy the Answer?: Developing Countries Respond to the 2009 Global Crisis (Directions in Development: Public Sector Governance)

Blanca Moreno-Dodson

ISBN 10: 0821396307 / ISBN 13: 9780821396308

Published by World Bank Group Publications 2012-11-30, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Is Fiscal Policy the Answer?: Developing Countries Respond to the 2009 Global Crisis (Directions in Development: Public Sector Governance)
• Publisher: World Bank Group Publications 2012-11-30
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821396307
• ISBN 13: 9780821396308
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The global financial crisis has reignited interest in counter-cyclical fiscal policy as a critical instrument to provide immediate economic stimulus. But policy makers are also increasingly interested in how fiscal policy will impact growth and poverty over a longer run horizon, knowing that any quick responses to exogenous shocks also affect income generation and distribution. Those effects are less well known, however, and their dynamics still represent a challenge for many countries. In this book the authors explore methodological advances and new practices for fiscal policy implementation with a particular focus on developing countries.