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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 Evaluation—Public Expenditure Management (PEM) Reform in Selected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248096
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Budget System Reform in Emerging Economies; The Challenges and the Reform Agenda
Diamond, Jack - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
With increasing frequency, the IMF has assisted middle-income countries, especially emerging economies, in adopting the types of budget reforms that have been introduced in many Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries - reforms that emphasize performance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767348
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Maldives; Public Financial Management: Performance Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) methodology, the assessment focuses on the fiscal performance during 2005–08 … credibility of Maldives is weak. When corrected for concessional, external financing, aggregate expenditure estimates are … reasonably accurate. However, there are significant variations in the allocation of expenditures by ministry, and actual revenues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243065
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The Challenge of Reforming Budgetary Institutions in Developing Countries
Allen, Richard - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
The paper notes that the development of sound budgetary institutions in countries such as France, the U.K. and the U.S. has taken a very long time?200 years or more?and is still evolving. It discusses Douglass North's prediction?which is supported by available data?that institutional reform is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999954
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Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste; Public Financial Management-Performance Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
Timor-Leste weathered the global financial crisis well and experienced healthy economic growth rates. It has made solid progress in strengthening the public financial management systems. The budget document provides comprehensive information; fiscal transparency is high. The Ministry of Finance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244200
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A Comparison Between Two Public Expenditure Management Systems in Africa
Lienert, Ian - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper assesses the advantages and disadvantages of the French and British public expenditure management systems as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605228
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Kenya; Report on Observance of Standards and Codes: Fiscal Transparency Module
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
In Kenya, the general government is not defined consistently with government finance statistics (GFS) principles. Relationships between the central government and public nonfinancial and financial corporations are generally clearly defined. Government holdings of fully owned corporations and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243562
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Systemic Weaknesses of Budget Management in anglophone Africa
Lienert, Ian; Sarraf, Feridoun - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper examines the merits of the British budget management system that was inherited in Anglophone African countries and which has changed substantially in the United Kingdom since the 1960s. It considers whether the disappointing budgetary performance in Africa is due to weaknesses in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605219
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A Review of Capital Budgeting Practices
Jacobs, Davina F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
A key challenge in government budgeting is to define an appropriate balance between current and capital expenditures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263712
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Timor-Leste; Report on Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC)-Fiscal Transparency Module
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
Timor-Leste is a unitary state and has made significant progress with improving its fiscal transparency. The government has adopted a transparent, fiscally sustainable governance framework for the petroleum sector. Nonetheless, there are still many areas in which Timor-Leste diverges from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244621