Public Finance category: 2897 books
Public Opinion on Economic Globalization
Considering Immigration, International Trade, and Foreign Direct Investment
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
This book examines survey data to consider the extent to which public support for immigration, international trade, and foreign direct investment exists in a cohort of 38 heterogeneous countries. With economic globalization shaping daily life, understanding the determinants of public opinion is crucial...
Handbook of State Aid for Film
Finance, Industries and Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
This book is an analysis of the specificities of public film funding on an international scale. It shows how public funding schemes add value to film-making and other audio-visual productions and provides a comprehensive analysis of today’s global challenges in the film industry such as industry...
Public Administration in Perspective
Theory and Practice Through Multiple Lenses
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Throughout its history, public administration has used a number of different perspectives for analyzing the discipline's theory and practice, and both mainstream and alternative lenses have produced valuable insights and prescriptions. At the same time, an individual way of looking at PA can be misleading....
by Ning Wang, Bin Zhang, Peiyong Gao
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
This book employs a qualitative analysis of China’s publicly financed construction sector, taking the system design as its point of departure and applying comprehensive evaluation techniques to create an index system for this type of construction – which in turn serves as a basis for quantitatively...
by International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2010
With increasing fiscal challenges in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, multilateral surveillance of fiscal developments, a key part of the IMF's surveillance responsibilities, has gained further importance. In response, the Fiscal Monitor was launched in 2009 to survey and analyze the latest...
The Private Sector's Role in Disasters
Leveraging the Private Sector in Emergency Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
This book examines the role of the private sector in emergency management and how that role is changing through private sector intersections with government, government agencies, and the public sectors in all phases of emergency management. It particularly focuses on the areas in which government...
Between Debt and the Devil
Money, Credit, and Fixing Global Finance
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
Adair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in redesigning global financial regulation. In this eye-opening book, he sets the record straight about what really caused the crisis. It didn’t...
Understanding Development
An Indian Perspective on Legal and Economic Policy
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
This book addresses topical development issues in India, ranging from land acquisition, poverty alleviation programs, labor market issues, the public-private partnership (PPP) model and fiscal federalism. It offers an Indian perspective on the dynamics of economic development and the impact the country’s...
by Jennifer Bean, Lascelles Hussey
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019
The book sets out the process of identifying service costs, establishing unit costs, and cost control, all key activities for ensuring VFM and accountability. It is a useful text for those working in a public sector and not-for-profit environment. It translates private sector principles into practical...
by Philip Mr. Gerson, Manmohan Mr. Kumar
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
With increasing fiscal challenges in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, multilateral surveillance of fiscal developments, a key part of the IMF's surveillance responsibilities, has gained further importance. In response, the Fiscal Monitor was launched in 2009 to survey and analyze the latest...
by Hans de Bruijn
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007
Topical and taking a bold stance in the contentious debate surrounding performance in the public sector, this new edition shows readers how performance thinking has a substantial impact on the management of public organizations.
Thoroughly revised and updated, this highly successful text,...
by International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
This publication is a survey by the IMF staff, published twice a year, in the spring and fall, as part of the IMF’s World Economic and Financial Surveys. The October 2017 issue analyzes the latest public finance developments, updates medium-term fiscal projections, and assesses policies aimed at...
by International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
With increasing fiscal challenges in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, multilateral surveillance of fiscal developments, a key part of the IMF's surveillance responsibilities, has gained further importance. In response, the Fiscal Monitor was launched in 2009 to survey and analyze the latest...
Fiscal Monitor, April 2017
Achieving More with Less
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
This publication is a survey by the IMF staff, published twice a year, in the spring and fall, as part of the IMF’s World Economic and Financial Surveys. The current issue analyzes the latest public finance developments, updates medium-term fiscal projections, and assesses policies aimed at placing...