1. World problems
  2. Inappropriate public spending by government

Inappropriate public spending by government

  • Inefficiency of public spending
  • Ineffectiveness of public spending
  • Misallocation of public spending by government
  • Inefficient public programmes

Claim

Governments are spending scarce resources on goods and activities that the private sector could do much more efficiently, for example producing and marketing agricultural and industrial goods or providing bus transport in cities. Governments have not set priorities and so their spending does not balance needs against the cost of raising revenue. Spending limits are not coordinated by fiscal planning, annual budgeting and regular monitoring of revenues and expenditures. This has lead into fiscal crisis in many developing countries.

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Misallocation
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Inefficiency
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Ineffectiveness
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • Commerce » Finance
  • Cybernetics » Cybernetics
  • Government » Government
  • Government » Public
  • Societal problems » Ineffectiveness
  • Content quality
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Jul 3, 2022