Open AccessAhmed Galal and Nadeem Ul Haque (eds). Fiscal Sustainability in Emerging Markets: International Experience and Implications for Egypt. Cairo/ New York: The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies. 2006. ix+289 pages. Paperback. Price not given.
Author(s) -
Kalbe Abbas
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v45i2pp.315-317
Subject(s) - debt , transparency (behavior) , budget process , equity (law) , fiscal sustainability , context (archaeology) , economics , sustainability , political science , economic policy , development economics , economic growth , finance , politics , law , geography , biology , ecology , archaeology
Fiscal sustainability is required to attain and maintain thelong-run steady-state growth in emerging markets, to create fiscal spacefor rural and urban poverty, to safeguard financial stability, and toachieve the overall Millennium Development Goals. This can be done byproviding financial support and by encouraging further research in thisarea. This book analyses the issues in the context of internationalexperience and its implications for Egypt. It touches on issues offiscal deficit and public debt sustainability, debt management,efficiency and equity of social expenditure, and public investment, thewill and power to achieve civil service reform, and transparency andequitability of the budgetary process. It fills a gap inresearch.