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Fiscal Affairs Department and Asia and Pacific Department

Contents

  • I. Introduction

  • II. Background

    • A. Definition of Government

    • B. Other Estimates of Augmented Fiscal Debt

  • III. Augmented Fiscal Deficit and Net Borrowing

    • A. Augmented Net Borrowing

    • B. Augmented Fiscal Deficit

    • C. Robustness Check: Above-the-Line Estimates

    • D. Interpretting the Estimates

  • IV. Augmented Fiscal Debt

    • A. Debt Sustainability

    • B. Interest Rate Growth Differential

    • C. Gross Financing Needs

  • V. Other Considerations

    • A. Coverage of Augmented Data

    • B. Contingent Liabilities

    • C. Government Assets

  • VI. Conclusion

  • References

  • Figures

  • 1. Real Estate Investment in Local Finances

  • 2. China: Debt Sustainability, 2008–2018

  • Boxes

  • 1. China: Explaining “Augmented” Government Debt and Deficit

  • 2. Examples of LGFV

  • 3. Land Financing Model

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Fiscal Vulnerabilities and Risks from Local Government Finance in China
Author:
Ms. Yuanyan S Zhang
and
Mr. Steven A Barnett