The International Handbook of Public Financial Management is a virtual encyclopedia of public financial management, written by topmost experts, many with a background in the IMF and World Bank. It provides the first comprehensive guide to the subject that has been published in more than ten...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DEFINITION, DATA, CLASSIFICATION, AND TYPOLOGY OF EBFS -- III. WHY DO EBFS EXIST? -- IV. THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY EBFS -- V. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING AND REFORMING EBFS -- VI. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FISCAL POLICIES AND PUBLIC FINANCIAL...