Evolutions In Budgetary Practice »

This book commemorates the 30th anniversary of the OECD Working Party of Senior Budget Officials (SBO). It brings together documents, articles and extracts from publications written by Professor Allen Schick for the SBO. Professor Schick has been associated with the SBO since its inception and the SBO is delighted to celebrate its anniversary by offering this collection of his work. Over the years, Professor Schick has made fundamental contributions to the art of public sector budgeting, and his work continues to be an inspiration for budgeting reform around the world.
Table of contents in English Introduction: Budgeting as Dialogue Chapter 1. Budgeting for Entitlements Chapter 2. The Control and Management of Government Expenditure: Comparing Country Experiences Chapter 3. Budgeting for Results: Comparing Country Experiences Chapter 4. Modern Budgeting: Overview Chapter 5. The Changing Role of the Central Budget Office Chapter 6. Can National Legislatures Regain an Effective Voice in Budget Policy?
Chapter 7. Agencies in Search of Principles Chapter 8. Does Budgeting Have a Future?
Chapter 9. Opportunity, Strategy and Tactics in Reforming Public Management Chapter 10. The Performing State: Reflection on an Idea Whose Time Has Come but Whose Implementation Has Not Chapter 11. The Role of Fiscal Rules in Budgeting Chapter 12. Twenty-Five Years of Budgeting Reform Chapter 13. Sustainable Budget Policy: Concepts and Approaches Chapter 14. Performance Budgeting and Accrual Budgeting: Decision Rules or Analytic Tools?
Chapter 15. Off-Budget Expenditure: An Economic and Political Framework Chapter 16. Budgeting for Fiscal Space Appendix A. Annual meetings of OECD Senior Budget Officials: Chronology 1980-2009