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Papers in alphabetical order by title:

Accounting for Results (also available in PDF and Word 6 formats) — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Accrual Accounting in The Netherlands and The United Kingdom — OECD
Analysis of '97 Census Poverty, Income and Health Data — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Analytical Perspectives on the US Budget — Office of Management and Budget (US)
Anatomy of the Expenditure Budget — OECD
Annual Meeting of Senior Budget Officials: Statement by the Chair — OECD
Annual Reports — New Zealand Treasury
Applying Principles and Practice of Corporate Governance in Budget Funded Agencies — Australian National Audit Office
Briefing to the Incoming Government — New Zealand Treasury
1. Overview
2. Fiscal Policy
3. Economic Growth
4. Economic Stability
5. Protecting Against Misfortune
6. Public Sector Accountability and Efficiency
7. Managing for Results: The Budget Process
Bearing Most of the Burden — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Budget Process Training Course — Department of Finance and Administration (Australia)
The Budget System and Concepts — Office of Management and Budget (US)
Budget Watch — California Budget Project
Budgetary Institutions and Expenditure Outcomes: Binding Governments to Fiscal Performance (requires the World Bank Document Viewer) — World Bank
Budgeting and Policy Making — OECD
Budgeting for the Future — OECD
Bureaucrats in Business — World Bank
The Changing Role of the Central Budget Office — OECD
Charter of Budget Honesty — Costing Election Commitments (also available in PDF format) — Department of Finance and Administration (Australia)
A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget — Office of Management and Budget (US)
Clarifying the Exchange: A Review of Purchaser/Provider Arrangements — Department of Finance and Administration (Australia)
A Code for Fiscal Stability (introduction and reading materials) — HM Treasury (UK) click here for the actual Code for Fiscal Stability
Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency: Declaration on Principles — IMF
Core Performance Expectations for the Treasury's Feedback on Departments' Performance — New Zealand Treasury
Decentralization and Macroeconomic Management — IMF
Decentralizing Government — World Bank
Defence Expenditures In The 1990s: Budget and Fiscal Policy Issues for Developing Countries — Bonn International Center for Conversion
Economic and Fiscal Outlook — New Zealand Treasury
Effects of European Union Accession — Part 1: Budgeting and Financial Control — OECD
Effects of European Union Accession — Part 2: External Audit — OECD
Effects of Government Benefit Programs in Reducing Poverty — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Examining Contestability in the Australian Public Sector — Department of Finance and Administration (Australia)
Federal Dollars and the California Budget — California Budget Project
Financial Management: Developing a Capability Model — Office of Auditor General (Canada)
Financial Statements Preparation — Australian National Audit Office
The Fiscal Covenant — Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Fiscal Decentralization: Lessons for South Africa — Roy Bahl
Fiscal Management in Adjustment Lending (full text requires the World Bank Document Viewer, or you may view the summary) — Wolrd Bank
Fiscal Responsibility Act 1994: An explanation — New Zealand Treasury
Focusing on Results: A Guide to Performance Measurement — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Fundamental Expenditure Review (review of Treasury operations) — HM Treasury (UK)
Getting Government Right: Improving Results Measurement and Accountability (also available in PDF format) — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Getting it Together: Cross-Program Approaches — Department of Finance and Administration (Australia)
Government-wide Performance Plan for FY 1999 — Office of Management and Budget (US)
Handbook on Regularity and Propriety — HM Treasury (UK)
HM Treasury Departmental Report for 1997 — HM Treasury (UK)
How Big is the Federal Government — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
How Much Does a Typical Family Pay in Taxes — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
In Search of Shelter — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: The Chinese System in Perspective — IMF
Improving Program Design — National Performance Review (US)
IRS Reform Bill Includes New Salvo of Tax Cuts for Wealthy — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Is California a High Tax State? — California Budget Project
Looking at the Details of the New Budget Legislation — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Macroeconomic and Financial Implications of Ageing Population (summary) (PDF version of full document available) — Bank for International Settlements
Management Control in Modern Government Administration: Some Comparative Practices — OECD
Management of the Government's Accounting Function: A Central Agency Perspective — Office of Auditor General (Canada)
Manual on Fiscal Transparency — IMF
Measuring Client Satisfaction — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Minnesota Values and Priorities: A Demographic Analysis of the 1998 State Budget — Minnesota Budget Project
Mission Driven, Results Oriented Budgeting — National Performance Review (US)
New Research Findings on the EITC — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Overview and Description of the Expenditure Management System — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Peace Dividends Resulting from Defense Budget Cuts — Bonn International Center for Conversion
Performance Budgeting: Past Initiatives Offer Insights for GPRA Implementation — General Accounting Office (US)
Performance Measurement in the Accrual Framework: Managing for Outcomes and Outputs — Department of Finance and Administration (Australia)
Performance-based Organizations: A Conversion Guide — National Performance Review (US)
Portfolio Budget Statements of Health and Family Services Portfolio in Australia — Department of Health (Australia)
Program Evaluation Guidelines — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Program Evaluation Methods: Measurement and Attribution of Program Results — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Proposed Final Performance Based Organization Bill — National Performance Review (US)
Public Expenditure and Children, First Call: The South African Children's Budget — IDASA (South Africa)
The Public Sector Balance Sheet — HM Treasury (UK)
Pulling Apart — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Purchase Agreement Guidelines with Best Practices for Output Performance Measures — New Zealand Treasury
Putting it Together — An explanatory guide to the New Zealand Public Sector Financial Management System
1. Introduction
2. Chapter One - Introducing Public Sector Financial Management
3. Chapter Two - Explaining Key Concepts
4. Chapter Three - Planning and Budgeting
5. Chapter Four - Authority from Parliament
6. Chapter Five - Managing Efficiency
7. Chapter Six - The Wider Crown Estate
8. Chapter Seven - Reporting on Results
9. Chapter Eight - Scrutiny by Parliament
10. Chapter Nine - Putting It Together (This chapter also includes the Appendices A to C and the Index)
Questionnaire on Fiscal Transparency — IMF
Reaching Public Goals: Managing Government for Results, A Resource Guide (1996) — National Performance Review (US)
Reallocating Defence Expenditures for Development: The South African Experience — Bonn International Center for Conversion
A Report on Plans and Priorities Pilot Document for 1997-1998 — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Reporting Performance in the Expenditure Management System — Office of Auditor General (Canada)
Resource Management: New Law and New Lore (New Financial Legislation and Accrual Budgeting) — Department of Finance and Administration (Australia)
Rethinking Decentralization at the World Bank — World Bank
Self-Evaluation Report — IMF
Standards for the Evaluation of Programs — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
State Income Tax Burdens on Low-Income Families — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Strategic Plan of the Office of Management and Budget — Office of Management and Budget (US)
Streamlining Management Control — National Performance Review (US)
Towards a More Results Driven Management Culture — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Towards Better Governance: Public Service Reform in New Zealand (1984-94) and its Relevance to Canada — Office of the Auditor General (Canada)
Transparency, Accountability & Rational Decision Making in Defense Expenditures: The Argentine Case — Bonn International Center for Conversion
Trends in the Distribution of After-Tax Income — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Unproductive Public Expenditures: A pragmatic approach to policy analysis — IMF
The U.S. Reform Experience: The National Performance Review — National Performance Review (US)

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