Staff Discussion Notes

Fiscal Policy and Development: Human, Social, and Physical Investments for the SDGs

By Vitor Gaspar, David Amaglobeli, Mercedes Garcia-Escribano, Delphine Prady, Mauricio Soto

January 23, 2019

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Vitor Gaspar, David Amaglobeli, Mercedes Garcia-Escribano, Delphine Prady, and Mauricio Soto. Fiscal Policy and Development: Human, Social, and Physical Investments for the SDGs, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2019) accessed December 4, 2024
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The goal of this paper is to estimate the additional annual spending required for meaningful progress on the SDGs in these areas. Our estimates refer to additional spending in 2030, relative to a baseline of current spending to GDP in these sectors. Toward this end, we apply an innovative costing methodology to a sample of 155 countries: 49 low- income developing countries, 72 emerging market economies, and 34 advanced economies. And we refine the analysis with five country studies: Rwanda, Benin, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Guatemala.

Subject: Development, Education, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Financial markets, Health, Infrastructure, Revenue administration, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Countries spend, Developing country, Development, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Emerging market economy, Enhancing spending efficiency, Equity-enhancing expenditure priority, Fiscal Policy, GDP, Global, Low-income developing countries, SDN, Spending, Spending estimate, Spending pressure, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    45

  • Volume:

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  • Series:

    Staff Discussion Notes No. 2019/003

  • Stock No:

    SDNEA2019003

  • ISBN:

    9781484388914

  • ISSN:

    2617-6750