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International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

Austria’s federal system comprises the federal government and nine provinces (Länder). The federal system is rather centralized by international standards, with the federal government (including social security funds) accounting for about 70 percent of general government spending, the...

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Making Fiscal Decentralization Work; Cross-Country Experiences

Fedelino, Annalisa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

The question of what makes fiscal decentralization work is faced by many policymakers around the world. This book draws …, and discusses the key factors that help make decentralization sustainable, efficient, and equitable from a macroeconomic …

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Selected African Countries; IMF Technical Assistance Evaluation: Public Expenditure Management Reform

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This report focuses on IMF Technical Assistance Evaluationâ€”Public Expenditure Management (PEM) Reform in Selected African Countries. Most of the countries examined were colonies of the United Kingdom, inheriting similar and relatively simple budget systems based on an interpretation of...

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Local Service Provision in Selected Oecd Countries; Do Decentralized Operations Work Better?

Ahmad, Ehtisham; Brosio, Giorgio; Tanzi, Vito - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

There is a widespread presumption that decentralization improves public service provision. This has led to policy …

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How Should Subnational Government Borrowing Be Regulated? Some Cross-Country Empirical Evidence

Plekhanov, Alexander; Singh, Raju Jan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

Countries have adopted various institutional responses to subnational government borrowing. Using a sample of 44 countries 1982-2000, this paper provides a panel data analysis to determine the most effective borrowing constraints for containing local fiscal deficits. The results suggest that no...

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Fiscal Performance, Institutional Design and Decentralization in European Union Countries

Eyraud, Luc; Tuladhar, Anita; Escolano, Julio; Badia, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper analyzes the impact of decentralization on overall fiscal performance in the European Union, taking into … account fiscal institutional arrangements. We find that spending decentralization has been associated with sizably better …

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Decentralizing Spending More Than Revenue; Does it Hurt Fiscal Performance?

Eyraud, Luc; Lusinyan, Lusine - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

In many countries the decentralization of spending responsibilities has outpaced the decentralization of revenue powers …

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Managing Financial Crises; Recent Experience and Lessons for Latin America

Kincaid, G. Russell; Collyns, Charles - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper seeks to draw lessons from the IMFâ€™s experience in handling financial crises around the globe over the past ten years that are relevant to the challenges faced by countries in Latin America, especially in the wake of the recent crisis in Argentina. Experience suggests that...

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Reforming Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Argentina

Cuevas, Alfredo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

Argentina has committed itself to a reform of its revenue-sharing system. This paper examines this system and the issues involved in its redesign, and discusses the pros and cons of various options with a view to specifying a preferred approach.

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Fiscal Decentralization and Governance; A Cross-Country Analysis

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2001

Based on cross-country data for up to 78 countries, this paper shows that fiscal decentralization-the assignment of … governance, such as corruption, rule of law, and government effectiveness. Unlike previous studies in the decentralization …/governance literature, which focus primarily on expenditure-based measures of decentralization, the results reported in this paper show that …

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