The level and composition of public expenditures and revenues both have implications for economic development, as shown … distribution-friendly expenditures in a crisis. …

debt above 60 percent or deficits above 3 percent of GDP. We find that the proposed framework would require ambitious … fiscal adjustment: on average, more than 2 percent of GDP over the medium term, in addition to the adjustment that is already … framework. We also find that for most countries with debt above 60 percent of GDP, these adjustment requirements are driven by …

. The pre-crisis declines in CESEE debt/GDP ratios were largely the consequence of a very favourable relationship between …

inequality. Episodes marked by extreme austerity-measured using either the government's fiscal balance, health expenditures or … understandable concerns about high public debt-to-GDP ratios …