## Attaining Selected Sustainable Development Goals in Guatemala: Spending, Provision, and Financing Needs

_IMF Working Papers, March 18, 2019_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Esther Perez Ruiz, Mauricio Soto
- Published: March 18, 2019
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484398005.001

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### Overview
- Raising living standards is identified as the main challenge facing Guatemala, framed as essential for economic success and social cohesion.
- The paper examines spending, financing, and delivery capacity aspects of a development strategy aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing on health, education, and roads, water, and sanitation infrastructure.

### Key findings and projected needs
- Guatemala faces additional spending of about 8½ percent of GDP in 2030 to attain health, education, and roads, water, and sanitation infrastructure SDGs.
- The estimated costs are described as substantial but commensurate with a well-defined financing strategy and improved delivery capacity to ensure equitable access irrespective of place of residence, ethnic group, or ability to pay.

### Analysis of financing and provision
- Financing strategy elements highlighted:
  - continuing tax administration efforts
  - broad-based tax reform
  - scaled-up private sector participation
  - greater spending efficiency
- Emphasis that improving delivery capacities is essential to translate spending into secure access to public goods for all Guatemalans.

### Policy recommendations and priorities
- Strengthen tax administration and implement broad-based tax reform to mobilize additional resources.
- Promote scaled-up private sector participation in infrastructure and service provision.
- Improve spending efficiency to maximize the impact of public resources.
- Enhance delivery capacities to ensure equitable access across geographic, ethnic, and income groups.

### Scope and metadata
- Authors: Esther Perez Ruiz, Mauricio Soto
- Publication date: March 18, 2019
- Series: IMF Working Papers, Working Paper No. 2019/060
- Pages: 35
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484398005.001

*Attaining Selected Sustainable Development Goals in Guatemala: Spending, Provision, and Financing Needs — Esther Perez Ruiz, Mauricio Soto; March 18, 2019.*

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