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- CHAPTER 1 Fiscal Developments and Near-Term Outlook
- CHAPTER 2 Sovereign Financing and Government Debt Markets
- CHAPTER 3 Fiscal Adjustment Plans and Medium-Term Fiscal Outlook
- CHAPTER 4 Assessing Fiscal Risks
- CHAPTER 5 Selected Spending and Tax Issues
- APPENDIX 1 Interest Rate-Growth Differential
- APPENDIX 2 Are Sovereign Spreads Linked to Fundamentals?
- APPENDIX 3 Fiscal Adjustment and Income Distribution in Advanced and Emerging Economies
- APPENDIX 4 Risks to Medium-Term Public Debt Trajectories
- Methodological and Statistical Appendix
- Glossary
Back Matter
- Philip Gerson, and Manmohan Kumar
- Published Date:
- November 2010
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