Malta: Selected Issues

January 29, 2018

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Malta: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2018) accessed December 25, 2024

Summary

This paper discusses infrastructure gaps vis-à-vis other EU countries that are most striking in road and energy networks, both in quality and quantity. This is reflected in an unparalleled gap in the approximated public capital stock. Long-term GDP benefits from increasing public investment are estimated to be substantial, ranging between 5¼ and 18¼ percent in net present value over 30 years. Malta’s authorities have started to tackle these challenges by upgrading and diversifying the energy system and by launching a comprehensive transport strategy. These efforts go in the right direction and should be implemented in a budget-neutral manner to support a further decline in the public debt-to-GDP ratio. Malta’s fiscal position has improved considerably in recent years, yet further buildup of fiscal buffers is needed against possible adverse macroeconomic conditions. Therefore, reallocating public spending from current to capital expenditure, as well as making public investment more efficient would help boosting infrastructure.

Subject: Capital spending, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Infrastructure, Loans, National accounts, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Public investment spending

Keywords: Capital spending, CR, Efficiency frontier, Europe, Financing, Gaming industry, Global, IMF staff calculation, Infrastructure, Intercompany loan, ISCR, Loan, Loan financing, Loans, Malta, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Public investment spending

Publication Details

Pages:

33
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2018/020
Stock No:

1MLTEA2018002
ISBN:

9781484339510
ISSN:

1934-7685

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