"This volume is a compilation of important papers relating to the financial, governance and political-economy structures of the region, through a variety of methods and topics. Following the Asian crisis and subsequent global financial upheavals, policymakers and academics issued cries for...

Public expenditure and public debt / Vito Tanzi -- The political economy of public expenditure / Alan Peacock -- Public employment and public expenditure / Richard Rose -- Public expenditure and the bureaucracy / Peter Jackson -- An Irish overview / Alan Dukes