Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The View from Washington: Six Democrats and Six Republicans Talk About Debt -- Chapter 1: What Are Deficits and Debt, and Why Are They Growing? -- Chapter 2: Balancing and Unbalancing Our Budget: A History of Government Debt in the United States...

Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION: FISCAL POLICY SURVEILLANCE IN THE CEMAC ZONE -- II. THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- III. CONTROLLING FOR THE VOLATILITY IN PETROLEUM PRICES -- IV. SAVING OIL WEALTH FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS -- V. EVALUATING FISCAL SURVEILLANCE IN THE CEMAC ZONE -- VI. SUMMARY AND...

Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE IMPORTANCE OF FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY -- III. PUBLIC FINANCES: DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS -- IV. RESPONSES TO FISCAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT -- V. RESTORING SUSTAINABILITY -- ANNEX -- References

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Background -- Objectives of the Guidance Note -- Chapter 2 Objectives of Health Financing Policy Dialogue -- Objectives -- The Starting Point -- Unpacking the Health Financing Challenges...

Reveals the 28 Unique Milestones in China's Financial Industry"Pants with close crotch," "polyandry," and "a tiger in a cage" -- these enigmatic terms are frequently used by Chinese economists and policy-makers to figuratively describe certain significant financial events in the history of New...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY: SOME PREVIOUS WORK -- III. OVERVIEW OF OUR METHODOLOGY -- IV. BRAZIL, 2000-05 -- V. MEXICO -- VI. TURKEY -- VII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX ECONOMETRIC METHODOLOGY AND ESTIMATES -- REFERENCES.

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Reaching for a New Deal: Ambitious Governance, Economic Meltdown, and Polarized Politics / Theda Skocpol and Lawrence R. Jacobs -- Part I: Legislative Landmarks -- Chapter 2: Hard-Fought Legacy: Obama, Congressional Democrats, and the Struggle for...

Intro -- FrontMatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Summary -- 1 The Long-Term Challenge -- 2 Framing the Choices -- 3 Fiscal Prudence -- 4 Choices for a Sustainable Budget -- 5 Options for Medicare and Medicaid -- 6 Options for Social Security -- 7...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- PART ONE A Critical Assessment of the Concept of Non-Keynesian Effects -- CHAPTER 2 Stylized Facts of EU Countries' Major Fiscal Episodes -- CHAPTER 3 An Expectational View of Fiscal Policy A...

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Glossary of Dari Terms -- Dates and Currency -- Calendar -- Currency -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. THE JOURNEY SO FAR -- 1. Fiscal Management in Afghanistan-Major Achievements and Current challenges -- Introduction --...