Over the past two decades, a growing number of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries began adopting fiscal rules to limit overspending influenced by election cycles, public pressure, and other political economy factors, helping the region strengthen its fiscal solvency and sustainability. However, in recent years the region has suffered several external shocks that … [Read more...] about Are Latin American and Caribbean Countries Complying with Their Fiscal Rules?
Carolina Ulloa Suárez
Carolina Ulloa Suárez is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Aix Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) and holds a master's in macroeconomics and development from the same university. Currently, she is a Teaching Fellow at Sciences Po Paris. In her research, Carolina analyses how fiscal policy rules contribute to the sustainability of public finances and to which extent they align with the socioeconomic development of the countries. She has also worked as a consultant in the IDB's Fiscal Management Division and in the Development sector of the World Intellectual Property Organisation. She has regularly taught in academic institutions, including Sciences Po Paris, the University of Aix-Marseille, and the Externado University of Colombia. Her research and policy interests include macro-fiscal issues, public finance sustainability, the stabilizing role of fiscal policy, development, and inequality.