Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Low-Income Countries /

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 middle-income countries, across regions, and according to different institutional arrangements that deliver...

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Autor principal: Gollwitzer, Sophia
Altres autors: Kvintradze, Eteri, Prakash, Tej, Zanna, Luis-Felipe
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/080
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF
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