Ecuador - Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction : A Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review, Volume 2. Background Papers

The report, a joint effort by the Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank, seeks to provide the Ecuadorian authorities with a comprehensive account of both institutions' diagnoses and recommendations in the area of fiscal management and...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Public Expenditure Review
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/11/5525106/ecuador-creating-fiscal-space-poverty-reduction-fiscal-management-public-expenditure-review-vol-2-2-background-papers
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topic ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
AGED
BANKS
BASIC EDUCATION
BUDGET EXECUTION
CHILD MORTALITY
DEBT
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION
ELASTICITIES
ELECTRICITY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EQUITY IN HEALTH
EXCHANGE RATE
EXOGENOUS SHOCKS
EXPENDITURE POLICIES
FIELD RESEARCH
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
FISCAL MANAGEMENT
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HEALTH
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH POLICIES
HEALTH SPENDING
HEALTH STATUS
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HYGIENE
ILLITERACY
IMMUNIZATION
INCOME
INFANT MORTALITY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INTEREST RATES
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MANAGERS
MINES
NEGOTIATIONS
OIL
OIL PRICES
POLICY RESEARCH
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC COMPANIES
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGET
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SPENDING
RURAL WATER
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICES
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SOCIAL EXPENDITURE
TAX
TAX COLLECTION
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRANSPARENCY
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TREATMENT
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
AGED
BANKS
BASIC EDUCATION
BUDGET EXECUTION
CHILD MORTALITY
DEBT
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION
ELASTICITIES
ELECTRICITY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EQUITY IN HEALTH
EXCHANGE RATE
EXOGENOUS SHOCKS
EXPENDITURE POLICIES
FIELD RESEARCH
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
FISCAL MANAGEMENT
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HEALTH
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH POLICIES
HEALTH SPENDING
HEALTH STATUS
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HYGIENE
ILLITERACY
IMMUNIZATION
INCOME
INFANT MORTALITY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INTEREST RATES
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MANAGERS
MINES
NEGOTIATIONS
OIL
OIL PRICES
POLICY RESEARCH
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC COMPANIES
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGET
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SPENDING
RURAL WATER
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICES
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SOCIAL EXPENDITURE
TAX
TAX COLLECTION
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRANSPARENCY
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TREATMENT
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
World Bank
Ecuador - Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction : A Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review, Volume 2. Background Papers
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description The report, a joint effort by the Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank, seeks to provide the Ecuadorian authorities with a comprehensive account of both institutions' diagnoses and recommendations in the area of fiscal management and public expenditure. This report consists of two volumes. Volume I examines whether, and how, the core goals of public expenditure management, i.e., balanced fiscal aggregates, resource allocations to strategic sectors, and equity and microeconomic efficiency of public spending are met in Ecuador. Volume II presents sector studies on fiscal sustainability, the fiscal rules, education, health, pensions, water and sanitation, electricity, telecommunications, and oil, including the results of a national teachers tracking survey, as it concerns the education sector. It focuses on the main themes that are critical to Ecuador's fiscal consolidation and poverty reduction following dollarization. In most cases, it does provide choices for key policy questions, and, provides an independent analysis of the selected areas where both Banks are specifically involved, and a set of possible recommendations to address them. Volume I, in particular, correctly identifies fiscal vulnerabilities in the new context of dollarization, and proposes an adequate fiscal management that increases expenditure flexibility, develops budget management reform, increases public (social) investment, and brings transparency to public expenditure. All this is supported by an implicit proposal for a Fiscal Pact for Poverty Reduction. For its part, Volume II deals with sectoral policies and their link to fiscal management. It identifies the most efficient and cost-effective interventions in the social sectors, while making an optimal use of the reduced and available fiscal space. The study also recognizes the importance of political constraints, and the difficulties of setting steady rules in a non-cooperative game among national political actors that are particularly reflected in budget allocations. It correctly emphasizes the need to bring full transparency of information on the management of public accounts among all domestic actors, as a starting point for sectoral reform. The study should contribute to align fiscal and institutional policies in the social and basic infrastructure sectors, and to strengthen them in the context of the ongoing negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the United States, while preserving difficult domestic equilibria on the development agenda.
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title Ecuador - Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction : A Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review, Volume 2. Background Papers
title_short Ecuador - Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction : A Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review, Volume 2. Background Papers
title_full Ecuador - Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction : A Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review, Volume 2. Background Papers
title_fullStr Ecuador - Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction : A Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review, Volume 2. Background Papers
title_full_unstemmed Ecuador - Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction : A Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review, Volume 2. Background Papers
title_sort ecuador - creating fiscal space for poverty reduction : a fiscal management and public expenditure review, volume 2. background papers
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spelling okr-10986-145202021-04-23T14:03:18Z Ecuador - Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction : A Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review, Volume 2. Background Papers World Bank ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AGED BANKS BASIC EDUCATION BUDGET EXECUTION CHILD MORTALITY DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EQUITY IN HEALTH EXCHANGE RATE EXOGENOUS SHOCKS EXPENDITURE POLICIES FIELD RESEARCH FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT DEBT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH STATUS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE ILLITERACY IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANT MORTALITY INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTEREST RATES MALARIA MALNUTRITION MANAGERS MINES NEGOTIATIONS OIL OIL PRICES POLICY RESEARCH PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC COMPANIES PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGET PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING RURAL WATER SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL EXPENDITURE TAX TAX COLLECTION TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSPARENCY WATER SUPPLY WATER TREATMENT WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION The report, a joint effort by the Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank, seeks to provide the Ecuadorian authorities with a comprehensive account of both institutions' diagnoses and recommendations in the area of fiscal management and public expenditure. This report consists of two volumes. Volume I examines whether, and how, the core goals of public expenditure management, i.e., balanced fiscal aggregates, resource allocations to strategic sectors, and equity and microeconomic efficiency of public spending are met in Ecuador. Volume II presents sector studies on fiscal sustainability, the fiscal rules, education, health, pensions, water and sanitation, electricity, telecommunications, and oil, including the results of a national teachers tracking survey, as it concerns the education sector. It focuses on the main themes that are critical to Ecuador's fiscal consolidation and poverty reduction following dollarization. In most cases, it does provide choices for key policy questions, and, provides an independent analysis of the selected areas where both Banks are specifically involved, and a set of possible recommendations to address them. Volume I, in particular, correctly identifies fiscal vulnerabilities in the new context of dollarization, and proposes an adequate fiscal management that increases expenditure flexibility, develops budget management reform, increases public (social) investment, and brings transparency to public expenditure. All this is supported by an implicit proposal for a Fiscal Pact for Poverty Reduction. For its part, Volume II deals with sectoral policies and their link to fiscal management. It identifies the most efficient and cost-effective interventions in the social sectors, while making an optimal use of the reduced and available fiscal space. The study also recognizes the importance of political constraints, and the difficulties of setting steady rules in a non-cooperative game among national political actors that are particularly reflected in budget allocations. It correctly emphasizes the need to bring full transparency of information on the management of public accounts among all domestic actors, as a starting point for sectoral reform. The study should contribute to align fiscal and institutional policies in the social and basic infrastructure sectors, and to strengthen them in the context of the ongoing negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the United States, while preserving difficult domestic equilibria on the development agenda. 2013-07-24T16:48:49Z 2013-07-24T16:48:49Z 2004-11-17 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/11/5525106/ecuador-creating-fiscal-space-poverty-reduction-fiscal-management-public-expenditure-review-vol-2-2-background-papers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14520 English en_US Public expenditure review (PER); CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Ecuador