Catalonia: Overcoming Budgetary Limits with Public-Private Partnership and Performance-Based Budgeting

Catalonia is a long-standing European nationality with a strong cultural personality, whose people are proud of their identity, customs, and traditions. Politically and administratively, Catalonia is an autonomous community that forms part of Spain, according to the Spanish Constitution and the Catalan Statute of Autonomy. The territory of Catalonia covers a total area of 32,000 square kilometers and is home to a population of close to 7.2 million inhabitants, representing 6 percent and slightly over 15 percent of Spain’s total area and population, respectively.