Cover Finance & Development
Finance & Development, June 1985
Author: International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Series:
Finance & Development
Volume/Issue:
Volume 22: Issue 002
Language:
English
Publication Date:
01 Jun 1985
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781616353612.022
ISBN:
9781616353612
ISSN:
0015-1947
Pages:
56
Keywords:
FD; F&D; country; import; fund; shares of world population; copy from World Bank Publications; development economics; supplier staff; common-wealth finance ministers; Exchange rates; Real interest rates; Exports; Global; Africa; Europe; Sub-Saharan Africa; Asia and Pacific
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The analysis and adjustment of government expenditure in less developed countries is discussed. A better balance between supply and demand in the public sector can be achieved by raising budgetary revenues, or by cutting budgetary expenditures, or by some combination of both. The IMF devotes considerable attention to assisting countries to make their tax systems more buoyant, to reduce the disincentive effects of taxation, and to administer their tax systems more effectively. Government expenditure policies are often important elements in programs of external adjustment supported by the IMF.
Cover Finance & Development
Finance & Development
ISSN:
0015-1947
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund