Financing Infrastructure and Monitoring Fiscal Risks at the Subnational Level

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Lili Liu

World Bank - Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM)

Juan Pradelli

Consip SPA

Date Written: May 1, 2012

Abstract

This paper explores the building blocks of an institutional framework to govern borrowing by subnational entities to finance infrastructure investment. The framework should help in achieving sustainable financing of development needs and sound management of fiscal risks. Based on international experience, the authors suggest a minimum set of indicators for monitoring fiscal and debt developments. Recognizing the different nature and operations of the subnational entities, they propose specific indicators for special purpose vehicles and the government's general budget. The paper outlines an analytical framework to inform policy decisions concerning subnational debt limits, which are country-specific and should not be mechanically applied. Basic notions underpinning medium-term macro-fiscal frameworks and debt sustainability analyses provide effective guidance for identifying prudent levels of subnational debt. The authors argue that developing fiscal and debt indicators and setting borrowing limits should be part of a broader strategy to put in place an adequate fiscal architecture to coordinate and monitor the budgetary and borrowing policies conducted by individual subnational governments. Consistent with this general principle, they explore several areas of subnational public finance and management that need to be addressed with adequate governance structures and policy choices.

Keywords: Debt Markets, Subnational Economic Development, Access to Finance, Public Sector Economics, Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress

Suggested Citation

Liu, Lili and Pradelli, Juan, Financing Infrastructure and Monitoring Fiscal Risks at the Subnational Level (May 1, 2012). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6069, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2056180

Lili Liu (Contact Author)

World Bank - Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM) ( email )

Washington, DC 20433
United States

Juan Pradelli

Consip SPA ( email )

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00198 Roma
Italy

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