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Review of the Public Financial Management Reform Strategy for Pacific Island Countries, 2010-2020

Author/Editor: Richard I Allen, Majdeline El Rayess, Laura Doherty, Priya Goel.

Release Date:September, 2020

This paper reviews the Public Financial Management (PFM) reform stategy for 16 Pacific Island Countries (PICs) during the period 2010-2020. The strategy was endorsed by the finance and economic more...



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Medium-Term Budget Frameworks in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Author/Editor: Richard I Allen, Taz Chaponda, Lesley Fisher, Rohini Ray.

Release Date:September, 2017

More than 15 years ago, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa embarked on a program of budgetary reform, an important element of which was a medium-term budget framework (MTBF). This more...



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How to Improve the Financial Oversight of Public Corporations

Author/Editor: Richard I Allen, Miguel A Alves.

Release Date:November, 2016

Many studies have highlighted how failures of public corporations (otherwise known as state-owned enterprises) can result in huge economic and fiscal costs. To contain the risks associated with these more...



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The Evolving Functions and Organization of Finance Ministries

Author/Editor: Richard Allen, Yasemin Hurcan, Peter Murphy, Maximilien Queyranne, Sami Yläoutinen.

Release Date:November, 2015

There is relatively little literature that analyses the role, functions, and organization of
 finance ministries. The purpose of this working paper is to review international
 more...



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Extrabudgetary Funds

Author/Editor: Dimitar Radev, Richard I Allen.

Release Date:June, 2010

This technical note1 addresses the following main questions: 1. What are the definition, classification, and typology of extrabudgetary funds (EBFs)? 2. Why do EBFs exist? 3. What are the problems more...



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Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Low-Income Countries

Author/Editor: Sophia Gollwitzer, Eteri Kvintradze, Tej Prakash, Luis-Felipe Zanna, Era Dabla-Norris, Richard Allen, Irene Yackovlev, Victor Duarte Lledo.

Release Date:March, 2010

This paper presents, for the first time, multi-dimensional indices of the quality of budget institutions in low-income countries. The indices allow for benchmarking against the performance of more...



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The Challenge of Reforming Budgetary Institutions in Developing Countries

Author/Editor: Richard Allen.

Release Date:May, 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 more...



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Fiscal Management of Scaled-Up Aid

Author/Editor: Kevin Fletcher, Sanjeev Gupta, Duncan Last, Gerd Schwartz, Shamsuddin Tareq, Richard Allen, Isabell Adenauer.

Release Date:April, 2008

The international community has committed to scaling up aid and improving aid delivery to low-income countries to help them meet the Millennium Development Goals. Other emerging donors, public and more...



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Fiscal Management of Scaled-Up Aid

Author/Editor: Sanjeev Gupta, Duncan Last, Isabell Adenauer, Kevin Fletcher, Gerd Schwartz, Shamsuddin Tareq, Richard Allen.

Release Date:September, 2007

This paper discusses the role of fiscal policy and fiscal institutions in managing scaled-up aid. In an environment of volatile scaled-up aid, fiscal policy formulation should be anchored in more...



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Managing and Controlling Extrabudgetary Funds

Author/Editor: Dimitar Radev, Richard Allen.

Release Date:December, 2006

This paper addresses issues relating to the establishment and financial management of extrabudgetary funds (EBFs), a large group of government entities that on average accounts for 40 to 45 percent more...



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