Building a consensus for fiscal reform The Chilean case

The financial crisis that started in Asia in 1997 brought up a renewed concern over public finances in emerging economies. As most observers failed to detect creeping fiscal disequilibria, large public contingent liabilities, vulnerable asset-liability structures and time inconsistencies of fiscal p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marcel, Mario
Other Authors: Tokman, Marcelo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2003
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The financial crisis that started in Asia in 1997 brought up a renewed concern over public finances in emerging economies. As most observers failed to detect creeping fiscal disequilibria, large public contingent liabilities, vulnerable asset-liability structures and time inconsistencies of fiscal policy, international financial institutions committed themselves to promote higher transparency and efficiency in the management of public finances. This has resulted in a stream of transparency codes, guidelines and best practice reports over the last couple of years that intend to prevent such failures in the future..
Physical Description:23 p