The International Handbook of Public Financial Management

The International Handbook of Public Financial Management is essential reading for governmental policy-makers, and practitioners and consultants working in this field, whose importance has been highlighted by the global financial crisis. It is a primary source for academics and students of economics, public finance, accountancy and public policy.

William A. Allan, retired in 2005 as head of FAD's Fiscal Transparency Unit, Australia Jamie Boex, Urban Institute Center on International Development and Governance, USA James Brumby, Sector Manager/Lead Economist for the World Bank, Indonesia James L. Chan, Professor Emeritus of Accounting, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Ana Corbacho, Inter-American Development Bank, USA Paolo de Renzio, Senior Research Fellow, International Budget Partnership (IBP), USA Luc De Wulf, retired from the World Bank Jack Diamond, Consultant with the IMF, the World Bank and other organizations William Dorotinsky, the World Bank Graham Glenday, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, USA David Heald, Professor of Accountancy, University of Aberdeen, Scotland Peter S. Heller, Fiscal Economist, IMF Richard Highfield, Senior Advisor, OECD's Centre for Tax Policy and Administration Jay-Hyung Kim, Advisor, the World Bank Roy Kelly, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, USA Philipp Krause, Head of Research, Budgeting Strengthening Initiative, Overseas Development Institute, London Ian Lienert, Consultant Bill Monks, Inspirational Program Management and Business Transformation Expert Rolando Ossowski, Economic Consultant and Researcher Murray Petrie, Director of the Economics and Strategy Group Ltd., New Zealand Marc Robinson, European-Based International Consultant on Public Financial Management Alfonso Sanchez, International Expert in Public Procurement David Shand, International Consultant for the World Bank and other organisations Jon Shields, IMF's African Department Vito Tanzi, Consultant Teresa Ter-Minassian, International Economic Consultant Daniel Tommasi, International Consultant, France Sanjay Vani, Lead Financial Management Specialist, the World Bank Ken Warren, New Zealand Treasury's Chief Accounting Advisor Joanna Watkins, Public Sector Specialist in Europe and Central Asia, the World Bank Joachim Wehner, Associate Professor in Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Mike Williams, Independent Consultant on Government Debt and Cash Management Yunxiao Xu, Associate Professor of Public Finance, Peking University, China Qi Zhang, Associate Professor of Accounting, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China