Restoring fiscal discipline for poverty reduction in Peru : a public expenditure review /

This public expenditure review is produced jointly by the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, and focuses on social sectors spending and leaves aside infrastructure and other sectors. This report, finalized in June 2002 and discussed with Authorities in mid-August 2002, does not take...

• Main Author: López-Cálix, José Roberto
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Other Authors: Melo, Alberto
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2003
• Series: A World Bank country study
• Subjects: POLITICA FISCAL; ALIVIO DE LA POBREZA; GASTOS PUBLICOS; REFORMA TRIBUTARIA; PERU; POLITICA TRIBUTARIA; MITIGACION DE LA POBREZA; REDUCCION DE LA POBREZA; REFORMA FISCAL

Table of Contents:

• Abstract
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations and acronyms
• 1. Executive summary
• 2. Peru's fiscal challenges and vulnerabilities
• 3. Reorienting the budget toward pro-poor expenditure
• 4. Improving the efficiency of public expenditure
• 5. Addressing the promises and risks of decentralization
• 6. Upgrading the civil service
• 7. Improving governance and reducing corruption
• 8. Fine-tuning fiscal and environmental mining policies
• Annex A. A public debt sustainability analysis for Peru
• Annex B. The fiscal effort required for a sustained structural deficit
• Annex C. Questionnaire on public financial management
• Annex D. A public expenditure tracking survey: methodological issues
• Annex E. Public enterprise reform in Peru: introducing management contracts at FONAFE
• Annex F. A methodology for functional reviews and for analyzing functional prospects
• Annex G. List of background papers
• Statistical appendix
• Bibliography
• Map of Peru
• List of tables
• List of figures
• List of boxes.