Public finance accounting

Applied Welfare Economics: Cost-Benefit Analysis for Project and Policy Evaluation presents a consistent framework for applied welfare economics and is grounded in a comprehensive theory of cost-benefit analysis, specifically focused on offering a practical approach to policy and project evaluation.

Advances in Management Accounting (AIMA) is a publication of quality applied research in management accounting.

Government investments in social sector has always played an important role in tackling social issues and facilitated in the alleviation of poverty.

Written during the early 1920s, at a time when Europe was still recovering from the catastrophe of the First World War, L.

Originally published in 1923.

Using theoretical frameworks to explore the political, organizational, and cultural dynamics of performance budgeting, this book examines the adoption of performance budgeting in a variety of countries, how it has been implemented, and why it succeeded or failed.

Many important economic and political debates today refer to the nature and the role of the State: should governments intervene in the economy and interfere with the operation of markets?

The financial crash of 2007-2008 and the subsequent global economic crisis have raised questions about the viability of capitalism and the desirability of alternative types of economic system.

Governments all round the world are facing problems with their public finances.

Originally published in 1982.

This book explores how the financial system should be regulated and structured to achieve the twin goals of inclusive growth and financial stability, with a focus on African low-income countries (LICs).

Environment and sustainable development challenges are a matter of global concern.

No greater issue than the relationship between ethics, equity, and regulation can be said to have emerged in these 'troubled times'.

These books make available material relating to the statutory regulations covering the degree of accountability required from local authorities during the period 1834-1936.

A critical analysis of public policy decisions requires a far greater depth of knowledge than can be received from news reports and political speeches.

Governments all round the world are facing problems with their public finances.

The insolvency of states is by no means a rare or new phenomenon.

How do public spaces generate accountability and advance social equity?

This book measures in details the department income distribution pattern among the governments, enterprises, and families in China during the years of 1978-2008; it measures and analyzes the distribution of Chinese factor income and residents' income.

Originally published in 1995, The Business of Higher Education focuses on innovation in student financial services.

The last decade has seen important changes taking place in the tax regimes of many European countries.

The great financial crisis of 2008 and the ensuing global economic and financial turmoil have launched a search for "e;models"e; for recovery.

The great financial crisis of 2008 and the ensuing global economic and financial turmoil have launched a search for "e;models"e; for recovery.

This book offers a rigorous, detailed, and balanced analysis of the various contributions to the Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) debate, incorporating both the arguments of proponents and those who point to its limitations and obstacles.

In the recent decade, governments worldwide are increasingly focusing on being community-centric and outcomes-based.

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the systematic and analytical process of comparing benefits and costs in evaluating the desirability of a project or programme - often of a social nature.

Cultural Heritage is a systematic, interdisciplinary examination of cultural heritage, which provides an up-to-date view of the field by drawing on various disciplines.

These books make available material relating to the statutory regulations covering the degree of accountability required from local authorities during the period 1834-1936.

Originally published in 1926.

National Accounting Matrices of Environmental Accounts (NAMEA) tables are used to analyze a range of environmental pressures and economic data resulting from consumption and production patterns - helping us gain a far better notion of the consequences of individuals', households' and firms' actions for the world we live in.

Appropriate laws and regulations are essential tools to direct the action of procurers toward the public good and avoid corruption and misallocation of resources.

The global financial crisis and sovereign debt crisis exposed the inadequacy of European economic governance.

This book analyses community-owned businesses in countries around the world to show successful approaches and important strategies to improve access to essential services in vastly different economic contexts.

The global financial and economic crisis struck the European Union and its member states with particular force from 2009 onwards.

This book provides a concise overview of the current context and types of public sector audit and the varied structures within which public sector audit is practised across the world.

Confused about commodities?

This book investigates and critically evaluates the concept of public benefit within charity law in the common law world.

Research in Health Economics has developed into a separate discipline for the last 25 years.

Funded by taxation, public spending cannot be separated from politics and ensuring efficiency and effectiveness is always high on the political and policy agenda.

Over the past two decades, there has been a shift of paradigm in public administration and public sector accounting around the world with the increasing emphasis on outcomes as opposed to inputs and outputs focus.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of central banks, and aims to demystify them for the general public, which is the only way to have a rational debate about them and ultimately to make them truly accountable.

First published in 1997, this volume emerged in response to the need for material on the research, development, use and application of mass appraisal techniques for ad valorem property tax systems.