Handbooks and Manuals

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Reforming the Public Expenditure Management System 

Public Expenditure Management Handbook

     English Version
     French Version

A Contemporary Approach to Public Expenditure Management

Managing Public Expenditure: A Reference Book for Transition Countries (171 KB)

Tools for Evaluating Public Expenditures - Benefit Incidence Analysis

Public Expenditure Management Handbook

PART I

Chapter 1: Developments in Budget Practice
Chapter 2: Institutional Arrangements for Better Budgetary Outcomes

Part 1 (Ch. 1, 2; [172KB])

Chapter 3: Linking Policy, Planning and Budgeting in a Medium-Term
                   Framework
Chapter 4: Financial Management Information Systems

Part 2 (Ch. 3, 4; [239KB])

Chapter 5: Approaches to Budget Reform

Part 3 (Ch. 5; [165KB])

PART II

• Diagnosing the Weaknesses and Improving Budgetary and Financial Management in the Public Sector
• Annexes

 

. . . or the entire file

Entire PEM Handbook (848 KB)

Manuel de Gestion des Déspenses Publiques

• La Partie 1 (version de Microsoft Word)
• La Partie 2 (version de Microsoft Word)
• Graphiques
• Manuel Complet  (version de Microsoft Word)
• Manuel Complet  (version de PDF)

A Contemporary Approach to Public Expenditure Management

Foreword  (94KB)

Chapter 1: An Overview (262KB)

Chapter 2: Managing Public Expenditure in Developing Countries (205KB)

Chapter 3: Aggregate Fiscal Discipline (370KB)

Chapter 4: Allocative Efficiency (180KB)

Chapter 5: Operational Efficiency (280KB)

... or the entire file

Entire Document (978 KB)