Working Paper No. 1

Fiscal Architecture of Displacement: Sovereign Finance and the Recurrent Fiscal Obligation Problem

A longer research paper on how sovereign financing systems shape the institutional conditions for sustainable inclusion.

Author
Samuel Cheung
Publication type
Working Paper
Publication date
June 2026

Abstract

This working paper develops a fiscal architecture approach to displacement, examining how sovereign financing systems allocate, transfer, and sustain responsibility for displacement-related public obligations over time.

Keywords

displacement governancefiscal architecturesovereign financerecurrent obligationssustainable inclusion

Recommended citation

Cheung, Samuel. 2026. Fiscal Architecture of Displacement: Sovereign Finance and the Recurrent Fiscal Obligation Problem. Displacement Policy, Working Paper No. 1.

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