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Unveiling the Truth: How Sticking to Fiscal Rules Boosts Investment in Latin America

Inter-American Development Bank

This change in perspective is especially crucial now, as many LAC countries are undergoing fiscal consolidation to balance their budgets and reduce debt levels while facing increasing pressure from their populations to tackle key development challenges. Calibrate escape clauses to accommodate economic shocks.

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Budgeting Is a Collaborative Effort

GovLoop

“What people are expecting is personalized, online, digital services for those things that can be digitized,” said Charlie Francis, Senior Consultant at Questica, which provides multi-user budgeting, performance measures, transparency and data visualization software for governments. It’s a level of service guide.

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Smart Public Procurement Can Contribute to Marofiscal Stability Smart public procurement spending can be a critical area for improving fiscal balances because it can improve the effectiveness of public expenditure by reducing waste. Better fiscal balances will contribute to greater macroeconomic stability.

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How Developing Countries Reduce the Impact of Climate Vulnerability on Sovereign Risk

Inter-American Development Bank

This includes mechanisms for reallocating budgets and evaluating expenditures to create fiscal space for contingencies. This includes mechanisms for reallocating budgets and evaluating expenditures to create fiscal space for contingencies. World Development, 168, Article 106250. 2] Gomez-Gonzalez, J. 2] Gomez-Gonzalez, J.

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How to Accelerate Government Modernization

GovLoop

Agencies struggle with budget constraints, and it can be difficult to demonstrate a practical return on investment for IT infrastructure upgrades. It’s about finding that balance, understanding what you currently have and what you’re trying to achieve,” he said. This article appears in our guide, “ How to Kickstart Modernization.”

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WypAll® Disinfecting Wipes: Meeting Efficacy with Accessibility

American City & Country

The battle against germs and infections is ongoing, especially within educational institutions, which is why it is important for facilities and procurement departments to prioritize hygiene and budget-conscious choices. Thus, strategic procurement decisions that prioritize hygiene and budget-conscious choices receive high remarks.

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Contractors say new Pentagon procurement rule could undermine people with disabilities

Federal News Network

If there was a balance in the regulation where social impact and price and technical proposal and past performance, if all of those were weighted equally, then the government would truly get the best value and the best benefit from each of those contracts. Larysa Kautz It’s significantly less than 1% of the DoD’s budget.