00606nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000230001724500480004026000090008852003450009758300190044294200060046199900170046720260716043342.0  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  cA  c45470d45470