1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463600303321

Autore

Prakash Tej

Titolo

Public financial management and fiscal outcomes in Sub-Saharan African heavily-indebted poor countries / / Tej Prakash and Ezequiel Cabezon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4623-8000-X

1-4527-9145-7

1-4518-7075-2

9786612841682

1-282-84168-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (48 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/217

Altri autori (Persone)

CabezonEzequiel

Disciplina

339.520967

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Econometric models

Finance, Public - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Econometric models

Debts, Public - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Econometric models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. What is PFM; III. A Brief Review of the Literature; A. Growth, Institutions, and PFM in SSA; B. General Literature Review on PFM and Fiscal Outcomes; C. Fiscal Targets in SSA Countries; Tables; 1. Numerical Targets in SSA HIPC Countries (2000-06 ); IV. PFM and Fiscal Outcomes; A. Measurement of PFM Quality; 2. HIPC PFM Assessment; Boxes; 1. Changes in HIPC Indicators Met from the 2001 to 2004 Assessment; 3. Macro and Fiscal Policy and PFM; B. Data; 4. Spearman Correlation Coefficients; C. Econometric Analysis; 5. HIPC SSA 2001 and 2004

6. HIPC SSA Correlations Between Fiscal Outcomes and PFM Variables 7. HIPC SSA Correlations Between Fiscal Outcome and PFM Overall Score; Figures; 1. Plots of the Fiscal Variables and the PFM Overall Score; 8.



HIPC SSA Correlations Between Fiscal Outcomes and PFM Indicators of Formulation and Execution; 9. HIPC SSA Correlations Between; 10. Fiscal Outcomes as Dependent Variable; V. Concluding Remarks; Annexes; I. Country Groups; II. HIPC Assessment Indicators; III. Variables in the Data Set; 11. Marginal Effects; IV. Results with Endogeneity Correction

12. Overall Balance as Dependent Variable 13. External Debt as Dependent Variable; 14. Fiscal Outcome as Dependent Variable; 15. Overall Balance as Dependent Variable; 16. External Debt as Dependent Variable; References

Sommario/riassunto

This paper examines, in a formal econometric framework, the linkages between public financial management and fiscal outcomes in sub-Saharan African countries. Similar analyses have been done for Latin America, Europe, and the United States, but none in the context of low-income countries. Using public financial management indicators, as measured in two recent assessments related to the Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, this study shows that improving public financial management leads to better fiscal outcomes, as measured by the overall fiscal balance and external debt levels, after



2.

Record Nr.

UNICASMOL0180623

Autore

Prescott, William Hickling

Titolo

La conquista del Messico / William H. Prescott ; traduzione di Piero Jahier e Maria Vittoria Malvano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Il Giornale, 2007

Titolo uniforme

History of the conquest of Mexico

Descrizione fisica

2 v. (880 p. compless.) ; 22 cm

Disciplina

972.02

Soggetti

Messico - Storia - 1531-1813

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Suppl. a: Il Giornale.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008973500403321

Titolo

Hydrocarbon processing. Edizione americana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houston, : Gulf Pub. Co.

ISSN

0887-0284

Disciplina

665.505

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico