Fiscal sustainability in the Andean countries

Fiscal sustainability in the Andean countries

August 10, 2004
The use fiscal policy as an effective instrument to preserve macroeconomic stability and reduce the effects of vulnerability is the fundamental premise of the book Sostenibilidad fiscal en la región andina, recently published by the CAF. The book brings together a series of research works and discussions of fiscal policies and institutions in these countries.

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