01767cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015808 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513509358 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Flamini, Valentina. Doing More with Less : How Can Brazil Foster Development While Pursuing Fiscal Consolidation? / Valentina Flamini, Mauricio Soto. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (23 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Following a benchmarking exercise, we estimate the spending required to reach satisfactory progress in the Sustainable Development Goals in the health, education, and infrastructure sectors in Brazil. We find that there is room for savings in education (up to 1.5 percentage point of GDP) and health (up to 2.5 percentage points of GDP) without compromising the quality of services but additional investments for over 3 percent of GDP per year are needed to close large infrastructure gaps in roads, water, and electricity by 2030. Brazil can do more with less, but increasing efficiency of public spending will require substantial reforms. Mode of access: Internet Soto, Mauricio. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/236 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2019/236/001.2019.issue-236-en.xml IMF e-Library