State Data Book
State Data Book

Author: United States. Rehabilitation Services Administration. Division of Monitoring and Program Analysis. Statistical Analysis and Systems Branch

Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13:

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Local Budgeting
Local Budgeting

Author: Anwar Shah

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 0821369466

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Local budgeting serves important functions that include setting priorities, planning, financial control over inputs, management of operations and accountability to citizens. These objectives give rise to technical and policy issues that require open discussion and debate. The format of the budget document can facilitate this debate. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of local budgeting needed to develop sound fiscal administration at the local level. Topics covered include fiscal administration, forecasting, fiscal discipline, fiscal transparency, integrity of revenue administration, budget formats, and processes including performance budgeting, and capital budgeting.

Why Does College Cost So Much?
Why Does College Cost So Much?

Author: Robert B. Archibald

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0190214104

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College tuition has risen more rapidly than the overall inflation rate for much of the past century. To explain rising college cost, the authors place the higher education industry firmly within the larger economic history of the United States.

The Pig Book
The Pig Book

Author: Citizens Against Government Waste

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2005-04-06

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780312343576

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A compendium of the most ridiculous examples of Congress's pork-barrel spending.

Open Budgets
Open Budgets

Author: Sanjeev Khagram

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0815723377

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Explicates political economy factors that have brought about greater transparency and participation in budget settings across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. This title presents the strategies, policies, and institutions through which improvements can occur and produce change in policy and institutional outcomes.