国际货币基金组织：南非的财政框架：改革的挑战和选择（英文版）

: South Africa’s public debt has tripled since the global financial crisis and is not expected to stabilize over the medium term under staff’s baseline. Cross-country evidence suggests that fiscal rules anchored in debt ceilings can be helpful in supporting fiscal adjustments aimed at reducing public debt and bolstering policy credibility. Design features such as institutional coverage, statutory base, correction mechanisms, and flexibility provisions can make the rules more credible and