TY - BOOK AU - Menifield, Charles E. TI - Comparative public budgeting: a global perspective SN - 13: 9780763780104 [paperback] PY - 2011/// CY - Sudbury, Massachusetts PB - Jones and Bartlett Publishers KW - Budget process KW - Budget N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Chapter 1:An introduction to comparative budgeting; Part 1 Africa -- Chapter 2:The republic of ghana: a success story?; Part 2 Asia -- Chapter 3:Accountability building through budgetary reform: China's experience -- Chapter 4:Budgetary and financial management reforms in korea -- Chapter 5:Budgeting for results: Enhancing the budget process in the philippines through reforms -- Chapter 6:The limits of budget reform in taiwan -- Chapter 7:Public budgeting and financial management performance in thailand -- Chapter 8:Budgeting in vietnam: Decentralized decision making in a unitary budget environment; Part 3 Europe -- Chapter 9:Italian central government budgeting: Future hopes and past disappointments -- Chapter 10:Public sector budgeting in the united kingdom: Devolution of powers and responsibilities; Part 4 The middle east --Chapter 11:Budgeting under resource abundance and hesitant steps to decentralized investment in planning and budgeting in iraq -- Chapter 12:Budget discipline and undisciplined politics: The case of jordan -- Chapter 13:Budget making and intergovernmental fiscal relations in pakistan -- Chapter 14:Budgetary systems in saudi arabia: Reform needed -- Chapter 15:Finance reform and performance-based budgeting in the united arab emirates; Part 5 -- Chapter 16:Review and reallocation in the canadian federal government's budgetary system -- Chapter 17:Decentralization, budgets, and the challenge of intergovernmental coordination: Lessons from mexico -- Chapter 18:Federal budgeting in the united states; Part 6 South America -- Chapter 19:Budgeting in brazil under the law of fiscal responsibility; Part 7 Conclusion -- Chapter 20:Learning from others: Comparative budgeting in the new millennia ER -