Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance shifts emphasis away from narrow economic factors to more broadly defined political and institutional factors that affect government policy and national debt. This collection brings together new theoretical models‚ empirical evidence‚ and a series of in-depth case studies to analyze the effect of political institutions‚ fiscal regulations‚ and policy decisions on accumulating deficits. It provides a fascinating overview of the political and economic issues
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made in devising an acceptable revenue allocation formula‚ each of which is more remembered for the controversies it generated than issues settled” FISCAL FEDERALISM AND REVENUE ALLOCATION FISCAL FEDERALISM Fiscal federalism refers to the scope and structure of the tiers of government responsibilities and functions as well as the allocation of resources among the tiers of government. Perhaps the most important issue of fiscal federalism is the revenue allocation formula‚ the sharing of national
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democracy with federal form of government. The fiscal arrangements in India have evolved in a quasi-federal system to meet the requirements of centralized planning in a mixed economy structure and their sources of revenue for both Centre and State were clearly demarcated with regard to the financial relationship and the responsibilities between them. Our constitution provides residual powers to the Centre and makes clear division of fiscal powers between the Centre and the State Governments. Through
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What is a Policy? A policy is a guiding principle used to set direction in an organization. It can be a course of action to guide and influence decisions. It should be used as a guide to decision making under a given set of circumstances within the framework of objectives‚ goals and management philosophies as determined by senior management. But is it? There are really two types of policies. The first arerules frequently used as employee policies. The second are mini-mission statements frequently
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FISCAL CONTROL BOARDS Origins and Structures of Fiscal Control Boards Understanding the origins and the structure of fiscal control boards is crucial in this discussion‚ since it provides a framework for this mechanism. The Harvard Law Review argues that municipal financial problems and state responses to them are not new phenomena because cities throughout the nation have faced urban fiscal crisis since the 1800’s (Harvard Law Review 1997). Moreover‚ the study defines urban fiscal crisis
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Towards the end of Clintons presidency‚ the U.S. debt stood at 5.66 trillion dollars. Since then‚ the debt is heavily increasing. After the recession in 2008‚ the debt stood at $10.7 trillion dollars. Today‚ the U.S. debt is over 16 trillion dollars. By the end of 2012‚ the U.S. government will have more debts than the economy can make in a year. Last year‚ the federal government spent 3.6 trillion dollars but only took in 2.3 trillion‚ leaving 1.3 trillion deficit to be borrowed. The top three reasons
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Policy Affects Practice Series Making a Difference: Influencing Social Policy “As the nation devolves many of its policies to state and local governments‚ social workers must reconceptualize social welfare policy as an interventive discipline to keep other groups from shaping policies that will apply to vulnerable and powerless citizens” Bruce S. Jansson 1. As noted by Dr. Jansson above‚ social workers need to be active and effective in influencing policy. What basic themes
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The Monetary‚ Fiscal and External Trade Policy in face of the Global Slowdown: The Indian Context The global economic outlook deteriorated sharply over the last quarter. In a sign of the ferocity of the down turn‚ the IMF made a marked downward revision of its estimate for global growth in 2009 in purchasing power parity terms – from its forecast of 3.0 per cent made in October 2008 to 0.5 per cent in January 2009. In market exchange rate terms‚ the downturn is sharper – global GDP is projected
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INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY According to the Oxford Dictionary of Economics‚ monetary policy is the use by the government or central bank of interest rates or controls on the money supply to influence the economy. The Central Bank of every country is the agency which formulates and implements monetary policy on behalf of the government in an attempt to achieve a set of objectives that are expressed in terms of macroeconomic variables such as the achievement of a desired level or rate of growth
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The Fiscal Imbalance In 1867‚ the foundations of Canadian federalism was established with colonies agreeing to be “federally united”("Intergovernmental Affairs - Intergovernmental Affairs") As a result of the agreement‚ Canadian federal system is divided into two levels of government‚ federal and provincial‚ with corresponding divisions in legislative responsibilities and powers (Leach 1984) The federal level of government has control over matters related to national defence‚ foreign policy‚ banking
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