Fiscal Sustainability and Resource Mobilization in the Dominican Republic
January 1, 2003
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Summary
This paper examines fiscal sustainability and resource mobilization in the Dominican Republic. The fiscal position appears to be sustainable, if resource mobilization is strengthened. If expenditure continues to rise (relative to GDP), without any further fiscal adjustment, indicators of sustainability would begin to deteriorate. It would be important to maintain an appropriate mix between additional financing and fiscal adjustment, in order that the future debt burden does not rise excessively.
Subject: Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Fiscal sustainability, Public debt, Revenue administration
Keywords: bank financing, commercial bank financing, debt ceiling, debt dynamics of the country, debt indicator, debt profile, Dominican Republic, expenditure program, expenditure side, Fiscal stance, fiscal sustainability, GDP, government financing, real interest rate, resource mobilization, tax, trade tax, VAT, Western Hemisphere, WP
Pages:
35
Volume:
2003
DOI:
Issue:
019
Series:
Working Paper No. 2003/019
Stock No:
WPIEA0192003
ISBN:
9781451843767
ISSN:
1018-5941
