Gestión fiscal

Are you interested in topics related to subnational government financing? This is your opportunity to present your research work. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) and the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) have launched a call for proposals for unpublished academic studies that deal with the current situation and new challenges related to the subnational government financing of Ibero-American countries.

Em 2010, o BID aprovou um financiamento de 60 milhões de dólares para apoiar a modernização da gestão fiscal do governo do Rio Grande do Sul, dentro do programa Profisco. Através de um forte investimento em tecnologia e reengenharia de processos, o projeto visava incrementar a receita própria do Estado; melhorar a eficiência e o controle do gasto público; e prover melhores serviços ao cidadão.

Una de las principales dificultades que afrontan los gobiernos municipales de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) a la hora de atender las crecientes demandas de la población es la falta de recursos.

A importante reforma da tributação das empresas nos Estados Unidos, que reduziu drasticamente as alíquotas de 35% para 21%, pretende aumentar o investimento, criar empregos, elevar os salários e estimular o crescimento do país. No entanto, não há dúvida que a reforma também terá impactos globais, com prováveis repercussões na América Latina e no Caribe.

O Brasil está implementando uma série de reformas que visam conter as despesas públicas, gerar mais recursos para investimentos públicos, para torna-los mais eficientes e eficazes. Nessa entrevista, Pedro Jucá Maciel, Subsecretário de Planejamento e Estatísticas Fiscais da Secretaria do Tesouro Nacional, explica as medidas que o Brasil está tomando para melhorar a gestão do investimento público. O Sr.

Do you know of digital tools that can improve tax administration? This is your opportunity to share them and support development of our region!We are seeking new digital tools that allow subnational governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to improve their tax administration.

State-owned enterprises have long played a key role among governments as a tool to foster the development of certain industries or protecting certain strategic national interests. However, there is ample empirical evidence that such institutions may have been a source of substantial risks for their government owners, and that such risks have materialized in many cases, with sizable costs for national budgets1.

“The flutter of a butterfly’s wings can cause a hurricane halfway around the world.” This simple phrase introducing chaos theory may also sum up the impact that Basel III capital regulations could have on available finance for public-private partnerships (PPPs). The new capital regulations being implemented under Basel III are part of efforts to strengthen the requirements and definitions of what constitutes bank capital, as well as the coverage and liquidity ratios that commercial banks should be required to maintain.