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This is one of the first comprehensive volumes on the public fiscal machinery. Premchand discusses here its multiple dimensions in the context of developing economies. The book outlines the objectives of fiscal policy and explores how the system achieves this through its various components and their inter-linkages. It gives an exhaustive coverage of: The key role of the fiscal mechanism in the allocation, utilization and accounting of public money, a historical ...
This autobiography deals with the events in the life of the author who is relatively an unknown entity but who, in a span of five decades of public service in India and abroad, worked as a faculty member of university, an official of Government of India, a consultant with Ford Foundation (India) and a staff member of International Monetary Fund (for nearly three decades). Although pegged to the chronological events in the author’s life, the book is devoted more ...
Growing public expenditure is a persistent problem faced by governments in both industrialized as well as developing countries. Despite concerted efforts and wide-ranging reforms operational problems in controlling expenditure persist everywhere. This volume examines the main factors contributing to expenditure growth and formulates alternative proposals for improvement and sustainability in expenditure management. The book outlines the differing perceptions and ...