Elementos para la formulación de una política de crédito público subnacional en Bolivia
Abstract
El documento presenta un análisis cuantitativo del endeudamiento subnacional, cuyos resultados sugieren que actualmente éste se encuentra dentro de límites razonables, pero preocupa que su repago dependa de recursos relacionados con el sector de hidrocarburos y esté muy pobremente respaldado por recursos generados en las economías locales. También hay señales de un peligroso crecimiento de la deuda flotante, asociado especialmente a municipalidades que no gestionan créditos y son altamente dependientes de transferencias. Con estas consideraciones, el documento resalta, en el diseño de reglas fiscales, la necesidad de considerar a futuro los incentivos para la disciplina provenientes de todos los componentes del financiamiento intergubernamental, no sólo del control del endeudamiento. En este último campo, las políticas vigentes han mostrado evidencia de su efectividad, y parece ser el momento de avanzar hacia estrategias de endeudamiento de largo plazo y parámetros presupuestarios plurianuales.
This document offers a quantitative analysis on sub-national debt in Bolivia, which suggests that it is within reasonable limits. However, the fact that its repayments are so closely linked to de hydrocarbons sector and not backed by locally generated resources, should be cause for concern There is also warning signs about a growing floating debt, especially in municipalities manly financed by national transfers and with almost no debt. Regarding the design of fiscal rules in the future, these considerations emphasize that the incentives for fiscal discipline rises from all components of sub-national financing as a whole not only from debt controls. Though there is evidence of the effectiveness of these controls and seems to be a good time to go further to long term debt strategies and multi-annual budgetary parameters.
This document offers a quantitative analysis on sub-national debt in Bolivia, which suggests that it is within reasonable limits. However, the fact that its repayments are so closely linked to de hydrocarbons sector and not backed by locally generated resources, should be cause for concern There is also warning signs about a growing floating debt, especially in municipalities manly financed by national transfers and with almost no debt. Regarding the design of fiscal rules in the future, these considerations emphasize that the incentives for fiscal discipline rises from all components of sub-national financing as a whole not only from debt controls. Though there is evidence of the effectiveness of these controls and seems to be a good time to go further to long term debt strategies and multi-annual budgetary parameters.
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