Fiscal coverage in the countries of the Middle East and Central Asia : current situation and a way forward / / Daria Zakharova

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464011403321
• Autore: Zakharova Daria
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008; ©2008
• ISBN: 1-4623-6992-8; 1-4527-6422-0; 1-4518-6971-1; 9786612840654; 1-282-84065-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (31 p.)
• Collana: IMF Working Papers; IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/111
• Disciplina: 339.52
• Soggetti: Fiscal policy - Asia, Central; Fiscal policy - Middle East; Government business enterprises - Asia, Central; Government business enterprises - Middle East; 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; Boxes; 1. Statistical Fiscal Coverage Versus Policy Coverage; II. Broad Principles of Fiscal Coverage; Tables; 1. Philippines: Operations of the NFPS; 2. Selected Fiscal Risks that Could Be Posed by PEs; 2. Jordan: Operations of the NFPS; III. Current Fiscal Coverage in MECA Countries; 3. Brazil: Operations of the Public Sector; 4. MECA: Coverage of Fiscal Statistics; Figures; 1. Coverage of Fiscal Statistics in MECA Countries and Fund Staff Reports; 5. Middle East and Central Asia: Coverage of Fiscal Statistics-Test -- Test again; 2. -- Coverage of Fiscal Statistics in CIS and Non-CIS MECA Countries3. Coverage of Fiscal Statistics in Oil and Non-Oil Producing Countries of the Middle East and Central Asia; IV. Considerations on Expanding Fiscal Coverage; 3. Monitoring State-Owned Enterprises in Turkey; V. ; Way Forward; 4. Operational Guidance on Expanding Fiscal Coverage of PEs; 6. Jordan: Summary of Fiscal Operations of the Nonfinancial Public Sector; 7. Turkey: Data Collected from SOE's; Appendices; I. Criteria for Assessing Extrabudgetary Funds; 4. Reported Reasons Against Expanding Fiscal Coverage in MCD Countries-testing - test again; II. Addressing Obstacles to Broader Fiscal CoverageIII. A Stylized Mapping of Corporate Accounting into GFS 1986; 8. Sample Public Enterprise Data Request; 9. Converting Enterprise Accounting into GFS 1986; References
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper reviews some broad principles of fiscal coverage, building on cross-country experience. It discusses the level of coverage that would be appropriate to conduct good quality fiscal analysis, while striking the right balance between the costs and the benefits of expanding the coverage. In this context, the paper examines the current status of statistical fiscal coverage in the countries of the Middle East and Central Asia (MECA), and proposes operational approaches to improving it. -- test -- test again