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Local Budget Resilience in Times of COVID-19 Crisis: Evidence from Indonesia
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Desdiani, Nauli Aisyiyah Sabrina, Syahda Husna, Meila Budiman, Amalia Cesarina Afifi, Fachry Abdul Razak Halimatussadiah, Alin |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | The COVID-19 pandemic has put immense pressure on the fiscal situation. Central revenues have decelerated while expenditures had to be increased to facilitate economic recovery. Local governments faced even harder challenges as intergovernmental transfers were reduced and room for mobilizing alternative finances was limited. This paper employs qualitative and secondary data analysis on local budget and fiscal capacities at the subnational level in Indonesia to find insights into the implications and responses of the provincial government in a decentralized economy during the pandemic. Provinces with a high dependence on intergovernmental transfer are struggling to adopt a countercyclical mitigative fiscal policy. However, provinces with high local own-source revenue have suffered the most during the crisis as low economic activity reduced tax revenues and indirectly lead to lower fiscal space. As fiscal policy is critical to containing the pandemic and facilitating recovery, this paper proposes several strategies toward a more sustainable fiscal policy for rebuilding local government capacity in the medium-to-long term in the aftermath of the crisis. |
| Starting Page | 108 |
| e-ISSN | 22277099 |
| DOI | 10.3390/economies10050108 |
| Journal | Economies |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-05-07 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Economies Mathematical Social Sciences Fiscal Policy Local Budget Covid-19 Pandemic Resilience Budget Economic Recovery |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
