This paper brings together the literatures on the political economy of public expenditures and the determinants of economic growth. Based on a new dataset of rural public expenditures in a panel of Latin American economies, the econometric evidence suggests that non-social subsidies reduce...

One key element in the reduction of poverty and (in Latin America) inequality has been the achievement of greater fiscal equity; we analyse one key part of this process, which is the earmarking of portions of tax revenue to be spent on progressive public expenditures such as social protection,...

El propósito del presente documento es brindar una evaluación exhaustiva de la evolución de los gastos y los ingresos públicos en los países de América Latina durante las últimas décadas. Ello ha permitido señalar los desafíos que deberá enfrentar la política fiscal de la región,...