Migrants’ continued lack of access to public services might prevent a large rise in consumption as a share of GDP. But, as I was told during my visit, the central government’s reluctance to move more quickly reflects its wariness of imposing immense fiscal pressures on local authorities.
La continua falta de acceso de los migrantes a los servicios públicos podría impedir un gran aumento del consumo como porcentaje del PIB, pero, como me dijeron durante mi visita, la renuencia del Gobierno central a hacerlo refleja su cautela a la hora de imponer unas presiones fiscales inmensas a las administraciones locales.