Nebraska is in a sound fiscal position compared to other states, but this situation is not likely to last. States are being asked to do more by both the local and federal levels of government, and the resulting budgetary squeeze needs to be addressed. States set budgets over short horizons, but...

The article looks at fiscal constraints adopted by the U.S. States. It questions the ability of those rules to determine sound budgetary policies. To assess this point it analyses, in the general part, the major kind of constraints so far adopted. Of each major category the focus is upon...

The need for state, to provide services that people publicly demand, requires sharing resources between private sector and government. Since resources are assumed to be scarce in economies, states cannot generously act and share those resources. This is the constraint that governments must take...

The Philippines has been badly affected by the coronavirus disease pandemic. In this light, the analysis of the 2021 President's Budget determines how the pandemic shaped the budgetary distribution of government's limited financial resources with focus on the top six departments/recipients for...

This policy note presents an assessment of the EU budgetary package for 2021-2027, including the European Union Recovery Instrument 'Next Generation EU' (EURI-NGEU), with an introduction to the EU decision-making process and the state of play of the relevant legislation as well as an annexed...

This article describes the changes that have taken place in the work of the Budget Office of the central government as a consequence of the transition from the traditional budget process, often referred to as “incremental budgeting”, to top-down budgeting. This transition has taken place in...