Toward Defining and Measuring the Fiscal Impact of Public Enterprises
Toward Defining and Measuring the Fiscal Impact of Public Enterprises

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 1989-09-26

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1451957009

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In many countries, the activities of public enterprises have an important fiscal impact. While the precise nature of this impact is often obscured, it is important that it be reflected in measures of overall fiscal activity. The paper is intended to raise and clarify some of the issues involved in this task.

Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014
Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014

Author: Mrs.Sage De Clerck

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2015-03-10

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 1498379214

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The 2007–09 international financial crisis underscored the importance of reliable and timely statistics on the general government and public sectors. Government finance statistics are a basis for fiscal analysis and they play a vital role in developing and monitoring sound fiscal programs and in conducting surveillance of economic policies. The Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 represents a major step forward in clarifying the standards for compiling and presenting fiscal statistics and strengthens the worldwide effort to improve public sector reporting and transparency.

Transparency in Government Operations
Transparency in Government Operations

Author: Mr.J. D. Craig

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 1998-02-03

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 155775697X

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Transparency in government operations is widely regarded as an important precondition for macroeconomic fiscal sustainability, good governance, and overall fiscal rectitude. Notably, the Interim Committee, at its April and September 1996 meetings, stressed the need for greater fiscal transparency. Prompted by these concerns, this paper represents a first attempt to address many of the aspects of transparency in government operations. It provides an overview of major issues in fiscal transparency and examines the IMF's role in promoting transparency in government operations.

How to Measure the Fiscal Deficit
How to Measure the Fiscal Deficit

Author: Mr.Mario I. Bléjer

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 1991-09-15

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9781557751928

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Fiscal policy seeks to equilibrate the public sector's financing needs with the private sector's demand for investment and a sustainable balance of payments. Correct measurement of the public sector's net use of resources is therefore an important prerequisite for managing the macroeconomy. This volume, edited by Mario I. Blejer and Adrienne Cheasty, is organized around four issues: the adequacy of summary measures of the fiscal deficit, conventional and adjusted deficits, coverage (size) of the public sector, and the public sector's intertemporal budget constraint.

Analytical and Methodological Issues in the Measurement of Fiscal Deficits
Analytical and Methodological Issues in the Measurement of Fiscal Deficits

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 1990-11-01

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1451947380

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The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and national and international economic developments.

Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001
Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2001-12-19

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781589060616

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This Manual, which updates the first edition published in 1986, is a major advance in the standards for compilation and presentation of fiscal statistics. It is intended as a reference volume for compilers of government finance statistics, fiscal analysts, and other users of fiscal data. The Manual introduces accrual accounting, balance sheets, and complete coverage of government economic and financial activities. It covers concepts, definitions, classifications, and accounting rules, and provides a comprehensive framework for analysis, planning, and policy determination. To the extent possible, the Manual has been harmonized with the System of National Accounts 1993.

Rules and Reason
Rules and Reason

Author: Ram Mudambi

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-01-29

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780521659598

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This volume explores shifting conceptions of constitutional political economy and suggests possible future strategies for change.

IMF Staff papers
IMF Staff papers

Author: International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 1989-01-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1451930755

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Two recent criticisms of summary fiscal indicators are appraised: first, that they and the conventionally measured public sector balances from which they are derived are not sufficiently broadly defined; second, that they are meaningless because they do not reflect changes in the distribution of wealth between generations. The paper concludes that the defects of summary fiscal indicators have been exaggerated. It is not feasible to include all changes in public sector net worth in the deficit, and the existence of liquidity constraints and aversion to indebtedness imply that conventionally measured public sector deficits are not irrelevant.