Fiscal Risks: Sources, Disclosure, and Management (Paolo Mauro)

Presentation of Paolo Mauro at the "Fiscal Risks: Sources, Disclosure, and Management" held in Paris on 28 and 29 October 2008. The themes:

– Fiscal Risks: Differences of fiscal results (deficits, the debt / GDP) , of expectations when the budget or other fiscal forecasts.

– How big are the risks to tax the different groups of countries?

– What are the major sources of risk? What can policy makers about the risks tax?