Public finance and economic growth:An overview and certain reflections Public finance and economic growth:An overview and certain reflections

Public finance and economic growth:An overview and certain reflections
Public finance and economic growth:An overview and certain reflections


Public finance and economic growth:
An overview and certain reflections
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José Luis Ruiz Álvarez**


* This paper was submitted at the 32rd International Seminar on Public Budget that took place in Lima in April 2005.
** General Deputy Director of Analysis and Evaluation of Expense Policies. General Budget Bureau. Budget and Expenses General Secretariat. Ministry of Finance.

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