Panama : Selected Issues.

This Selected Issues paper assesses the effectiveness of Panama's fiscal framework. The fiscal framework of Panama has played an important role in enhancing fiscal discipline since its establishment in 2009. Since the current fiscal framework went into effect in 2009, the primary balance and de...

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Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Colecção:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2016/338
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF
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Resumo:This Selected Issues paper assesses the effectiveness of Panama's fiscal framework. The fiscal framework of Panama has played an important role in enhancing fiscal discipline since its establishment in 2009. Since the current fiscal framework went into effect in 2009, the primary balance and debt-to-GDP ratio of the nonfinancial public sector have improved significantly on average compared with those in 2000-08. The fiscal impulse given the output gap also shows that fiscal policy was less procyclical in 2009-15 than in 2001-08. However, there are options to better align the framework with best practice, including reducing unintended procyclicality, increasing transparency, and improving accountability.
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