00530nam a2200085Ia 4500100002300000245004800023260000900071520034500080583001900425  aGREENIDGE, Carl B.  aMatching the mandate and resource envelope.  c1997  aDiscusses the core issue that governments of the Caribbean and most of the world have had to face over the past decade - how to settle on a mandate for the public sector, commensurate with what taxes the electorate will pay.  Points out that while this is often portrayed as an economic exercise, it is first and foremost a political issue.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR