The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has been wreaking havoc throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) since the first quarter of the year has had a major impact not just on people’s health but also on public finances in every country, both at national and at subnational level. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the region’s real gross domestic … [Read more...] about Four Reform Opportunities to Strengthen Subnational Finances in the Post-pandemic Era
Axel Radics
Lead Specialist in the IDB's Fiscal Management Division at headquarters, from where he coordinates the decentralization cluster and subnational governments. Previously, he worked as a Specialist in the Representations of Uruguay, Paraguay, and Peru, and worked in the Office of Monitoring and Evaluation. In the Argentine National Government, he coordinated the “Cristal” fiscal transparency program and the Electronic Government initiative of the Head of Cabinet of Ministers and was a researcher at CIPPEC and CEDI. Axel is an Economist from the Universidad de San Andrés in Argentina, MPP from the Harvard School of Government and a Doctor in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Subnational governments and coronavirus: five critical actions the IDB is supporting
Subnational governments (SNGs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. Their proximity to the population and to its needs and demands gives them a prime opportunity to gain early first-hand knowledge of the crisis’s evolution. In the region’s large countries, SNGs are directly responsible for the health response[1], managing … [Read more...] about Subnational governments and coronavirus: five critical actions the IDB is supporting
Budget management: how to improve the link between budget allocation and performance results in Uruguay
Marc Robinson is one of the prominent international experts on public financial management, performance budgeting and fiscal policy. Last March he visited Uruguay with Inter-American Development Bank support, in order to assess the country´s progress in improving its budgetary system and provide recommendations to achieve a better connection between budgetary allocations and … [Read more...] about Budget management: how to improve the link between budget allocation and performance results in Uruguay