Fiscal Policy, Conflict, and Reconstruction in Burundi and Rwanda

Leonce Ndikumana

No DP2001-62, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The ethnic conflicts in Burundi and Rwanda have severely weakened the economies and worsened the structural fiscal imbalances of these countries. Government revenue has declined due to the erosion of the tax base and tax administration capacity. At the same time, governments have shifted the allocation of resources from capital and social expenditures to military and security spending. This paper argues that there is a strong connection between a military-intensive fiscal policy stance and the lack of political legitimacy.

Keywords: Public expenditures; Fiscal policy; Macroeconomics; Poverty; Social conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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