Dear colleagues,
See below.
All the best,
Pat
Dr Patricia Noxolo,
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences,
University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston,
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK
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Subject: LSE- IDB Annual Conference 2018 – 1st November 14:30 – 18:00 at LSE
Conference invitation - Better Spending for Better Lives
LSE- IDB annual conference 2018 – 1st November 14:30 – 18:00 at LSE
The role and size of government has increased around the world in recent decades, with public spending to gross domestic product growing steadily during the commodity price boom of the 2000s. But has this increase in public spending come at the expense of fiscal sustainability when slow growth in many countries and recession in others has resulted, in many cases, in large and growing fiscal deficits? With dwindling resources governments are now faced with a dilemma, how to “keep economies growing and their citizens happy in a fiscally sustainable manner”.
Given that governments in Latin America and the Caribbean have historically invested less in capital than other regions of the world, it is little surprise that many have decided to maintain current expenditures while devoting the same or fewer resources to infrastructure. Such an approach risks locking-in low economic growth and citizen expectations that current expenditures will continue in the future - ideal conditions for populism.
The conference will address how governments can do more with less. How can governments enhance fiscal responsibility without cutting expenditure? What is the enthusiasm and capacity for efficiency measures? What trust do citizens have in public institutions? And, what will be the role for political institutions in what may be a difficult decade ahead?
Please register you place if you would like to attend the conference: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/better-spending-for-better-lives-tickets-51589463474
Best wishes,
Latin America and Caribbean Centre (LACC)
Institute of Global Affairs (IGA)
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