Government Financial Management : Issues and Country Studies / A. Premchand.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Premchand, A.

Series:

Books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--Case studies--Congresses.

Budget.

Finance, Public--Accounting--Case studies--Congresses.

Finance, Public.

Finance, Public--Case studies--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 374 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Edited by A. Premchand, this collection of seminar papers and country studies examines recent developments in government accounting and financial management in selected industrial and developing countries. The country studies include Australia, Canada, China, India, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Latin American countries.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Prefatory Note""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I Issues""; ""1: Fiscal Policy for Growth and Stability in Developing Countries: Selected Issues""; ""2: Management of Public Money: Issues in Government Financial Management""; ""3: Why the Deficit Persists as a Budget Problem: Role of Political Institutions""; ""4: Role of Public Expenditure Management in Structural Adjustment Programs""; ""5: Rolling Expenditure Plans: Australian Experience and Prognosis""; ""6: Expenditure Controls: Institutional and Operational Issues""

""7: Government Accounting: Promise and Performance""""8: Cash Management""; ""9: Measuring Efficiency in Government: Techniques and Experience""; ""10: Value for Money: Toward Improved Organizational Functioning""; ""11: The Judicial Power of the Purse: How the Courts Interpret Budget Laws""; ""Part II Country Studies""; ""12: Results-Oriented Management: Australian Public Sector Financial Management, Accounting, and Budgeting Reform in the 1980's""; ""13: The Canadian Experience""; ""14: Budgetary Accounting in China""

""15: India: Developments in Government Accounting and Financial Management""""16: Government Accounting in Poland""; ""17: Government Accounting in Sweden""; ""18: Turkish Government Accounting and Financial Management System""; ""19: Government Accounting in the United Kingdom""; ""20: Recent Developments in Accounting and Financial Management in the United States""; ""21: Government Accounting and Financial Management in Latin American Countries""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613846143

9781462329052

1462329055

9781455223534

1455223530

9781283533690

1283533693

9781455234554

1455234559

OCLC:

646910398