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This paper provides an overview of the Public Sector Balance Sheet (PSBS) Database, a dataset developed in the context of the October 2018 Fiscal Monitor. The dataset provides a comprehensive picture of public wealth for 38 countries, and a narrower picture for further 37 countries and...
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corporatization and privatization of most state-owned enterprises, the shift from a cash-basis to an accrual-basis accounting system …
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It is generally acknowledged that the government’s output is difficult to define and its value is hard to measure. The practical solution, adopted by national accounts systems, is to equate output to input costs. However, several studies estimate significant inefficiencies in government...
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Accounting devices that artificially reduce the measured fiscal deficit can be analyzed as transactions involving … unrecognized assets and liabilities. Different accounting systems recognize different sets of assets and liabilities and are thus … vulnerable to different sets of devices. Some devices can be revealed by moving progressively from cash accounting to modified …
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The paper considers the various procedures and practices relating to budgeting and accounting of foreign aid, and …
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This paper presents a framework for planning the development of computerized government budgeting and accounting …
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Accounting devices that artificially reduce the measured fiscal deficit can be analyzed as transactions involving … unrecognized assets and liabilities. Different accounting systems recognize different sets of assets and liabilities and are thus … vulnerable to different sets of devices. Some devices can be revealed by moving progressively from cash accounting to modified …
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This paper reviews the role of accounting in budget system reform from the perspective of emerging economies who wish … New Public Management, have moved their accounting systems from a cash to an accrual basis, this paper argues that given … reforms. Moreover, while recognizing that accrual accounting does support public expenditure management best practices, it is …
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used in Africa. The main differences are in budget execution and government accounting. In both francophone and anglophone …
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have been projects to computerize government accounting and payment operations, by introducing government financial …
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