The 1.5% fiscal limit and rural social marginalization in Paraguay

Adjusting the budget to the 1.5% deficit ceiling set in the Fiscal Responsibility Law, at the cost of cutting investment in medical dispensaries and school infrastructure in the rural interior, perpetuates the exclusion of peasant communities.

The lack of state investment in rural roads prevents small producers from selling their vegetable harvests in urban centers.

The state should prioritize public social investment over rigid fiscal targets that limit human development.