The Working Group III, chaired by Argentinean Congressman Luis Arturo Molinari Romero, approached the topic “The Foreign Debt as a Conditioning Factor of the Economic Growth and Quality of Life”, having the participation of 19 parliamentarians from eleven countries. The members of the Working Group made their contributions and, among others, the following considerations were made: View final recommendation ...

FIPA works with the Forum of Federations to bring more information about Fiscal Matters to parliamentarians. Participants in the Fiscal Affairs Working Group at the 3rd FIPA Plenary Assembly in Chile received copies of “Fiscal Relations in Federal Countries: Four Essays,” published by the Forum of Federations. For more information on this text, or to order a copy, click here or visit the Forum of Federations website at http://www.forumfed.org.

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The Fiscal Systems Working Group was chaired by Brazilian Congressman Luiz-Carlos Hauly and included a presentation by Mr. Juan Cristóbal Bonnefoy, of the Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES-ECLAC), on the subject of “Tax Systems of the Americas.”

Following the presentation, parliamentarians discussed the issue and recognized, among other things, the importance for FIPA countries of greater harmonization of tax mechanisms and systems in the broader context of regional cooperation.