Beyond the annual budget : global experience with medium term expenditure frameworks.

What conditions determine the success of Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MDTFs)? How should the implementation of MTEFs be sequenced and coordinated with other budget reforms? What role should organizations such as the World Bank, bilateral development partners, and other international agencies...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2012
Series:World Bank e-Library.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Map; 1.1 MTEFs Worldwide, 2008; Notes; References; Chapter 2 What Are MTEFs and What Can They Do?; The Debate over MTEFs and the Role of the Bank; Figures; 2.1 MTEF Bank Products in 109 Countries, by Region and Year, 1991-2010; Rationale for This Study; Notes; References; Chapter 3 MTEF Foundations; General Characteristics; Specific Design Issues; MTEF Good Practices; Data and Classification; MTEFs around the World; Boxes; 3.1 Guide to MTEF Good Practices; 3.2 MTEF Classification and Indicators Used in This Study.
  • 3.1 Global MTEF Adoption, 1990-20083.2 MTEF Adoption in the Advanced Economies and Developing-Country Regions, 2008; Tables; 3.1 Sources of MTEF Growth, 1990-2008; 3.3 MTEF Adoption in the Advanced Economies and Developing-Country Regions, 1990-2008; 3.4 MTEF Adoption in Europe, by Region, 1990-2008; 3.5 MTEF Adoption in Anglophone and Francophone Africa, 1990-2008; 3.6 MTEF Adoption by Income Level, 1990-2008; Notes; References; Chapter 4 What Works and Why; Measurement and Hypotheses; Investigative Approaches; The Hypothesis; Event Study Comparisons.
  • 4.1 MTEFs, the Fiscal Balance, Expenditure, and Revenue4.2 MTFFs, IMF Programs, and the Fiscal Balance; 4.3 MTBFs, MTPFs, and the Fiscal Balance; 4.4 MTEF Transitions, Pilots, and the Fiscal Balance; 4.5 MTEFs and Efficiency; Econometric Analysis; 4.1 Summary of the Econometric Results; Case Study Insights about the Quality of Budgeting; 4.6 PEFA, OBI, BII, and PIMI Scores in MTEF and Non-MTEF Countries, as of 2008; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Requirements for Effective MTEFs; Commitment to a New Approach to Budgeting; 5.1 An Integrated MTEF and Budget Preparation Process.
  • 5.2 MTEFs, Development Planning, and Public Investment PlanningB5.2 Major Strengths and Weaknesses of NDPs, PIPs, and MTEFs; Organizational Adaptability and Technical Capacity; Appropriate Macro-Fiscal Policies and Institutions; Sound Budget Systems and Properly Sequenced PFM Reforms; 5.3 Characteristics of Basic Financial Compliance; 5.4 MTEFs and Fragile States; B5.4 MTEFs in Fragile States; 5.5 Policy, Budgeting, and Technical Enablers for Different MTEF Stages; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Lessons from World Bank Support for MTEF Implementation; Methodology.
  • 6.1 Implementation Completion and Results Reports6.1 Reviewed Bank Loans with Substantial Support for MTEFs, by Country Income Group; Bank-Supported MTEF Implementation; 6.2 Reviewed Bank Loans with Substantial Support for MTEFs, by Region; 6.3 MTEF Adoption by Countries Included in the Sample of Reviewed Bank Loans with Substantial Support for MTEFs, 1990-2008; Lessons about Bank Instruments to Support MTEFs; 6.2 MTEF Prior Actions in Bank Development Policy Lending; 6.1 World Bank Lending Projects Substantially Supporting MTEFs, by Country Setting; Notes; References.