Los departamentos del FMI elaboran Notas Tecnicas y Manuales para ampliar la divulgacion de su asesoramiento en materia de asistencia tecnica. Estos documentos presentan recomendaciones y pautas generales, algunas extraidas de informes de asistencia tecnica ineditos, a un publico mas amplio. El...

Several features of Tanzania's budget system find their roots in the arrangements inherited from the United Kingdom. These include a legal framework that emphasizes accountability' a cabinet of ministers with strong budget decision-making powers' a parliament with very limited budget powers' and...

Country-specific factors prevent a strong linear relationship between the legislature`s budgetary powers and the extent of its separation from the executive. Electoral and voting systems, bicameralism, constitutional and legal constraints, voluntary contracts of political parties, and...

This paper assesses a decade of experience in civil service reform in a sample of 32 sub-Saharan African countries. Many countries have made an important start towards reducing excessive staffing levels and the nominal wage bill, but less progress has been made in decompressing salary...