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Title

Public Spending in Mexico [electronic resource]: How to Enhance Its Effectiveness / Bénédicte Larre and Marcos Bonturi

Author

Larre, Bénédicte.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2001.

Details

Additional Authors

Bonturi, Marcos.

Description

62 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

Public sector reforms and a refocusing of spending, partly through privatisation, have created a leaner and more effective government in Mexico. Primary expenditure, at around 18 per cent of GDP in 1999, is less than half the average for the OECD. At the same time, there are important spending requirements to create the basis for strong sustainable growth over the medium term. The backlog in basic infrastructure is considerable and areas such as education and health will require a steady expansion of budget resources. Specific measures to fight poverty are also needed. Inadequate tax resources and a heavy reliance on volatile oil-related revenue have been important factors impeding the development of essential public programmes. In this respect, given the sizeable marginal economic and social benefits of increasing spending in the above areas, it would be appropriate to raise the low tax-to-GDP ratio over the short to medium term. It is also essential that public spending be ...

Series Statement

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.288

Uniform Title

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.288.

Subject

• Economics
• Mexico

LCCN

10.1787/314432213841

OCLC

oecd-lib

Author

Larre, Bénédicte.

Title

Public Spending in Mexico [electronic resource]: How to Enhance Its Effectiveness / Bénédicte Larre and Marcos Bonturi

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2001.

Series

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.288

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.288.

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Indexed Term

Economics

Mexico

Added Author

Bonturi, Marcos.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/314432213841 doi