Performance budgeting-- is accrual accounting required? /

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Author / Creator:Diamond, Jack, 1946-
Imprint:[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2002.
Description:1 online resource (30 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/02/240
IMF working paper ; WP/02/240.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12497534
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Other authors / contributors:International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Department.
ISBN:1283565633
9781283565639
9781451920406
1451920407
1462374875
9781462374878
1452731861
9781452731865
9786613878083
6613878081
9781451875805
1451875800
ISSN:2227-8885
Notes:Cover title.
"December 2002"--Page [1].
At head of title: Fiscal Affairs Department.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-30).
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Summary:This paper reviews the role of accounting in budget system reform from the perspective of emerging economies who wish to adopt the OECD's performance budgeting reforms. While many OECD countries, pursuing the reforms associated with the New Public Management, have moved their accounting systems from a cash to an accrual basis, this paper argues that given the costs involved, such a move is perhaps only worthwhile in the context of adopting much wider public sector management reforms. Moreover, while recognizing that accrual accounting does support public expenditure management best practices, it is also argued that many of the objectives of performance-oriented budgeting can be attained by less than full accrual accounting, and that unless certain preconditions are met it is safer for countries to remain with, and improve, their cash-based accounting systems. For those countries with sound enough cash-based systems the paper describes a possible phased approach to the introduction of accruals, as well as the parallel stages of adopting the new international GFSM 2001 reporting requirements.
Other form:Print version: Diamond, Jack, 1946- Performance budgeting-- is accrual accounting required? [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2002
Standard no.:10.5089/9781451920406.001