Holdings: The Impact of Cash Budgets on Poverty Reduction in Zambia : A Case Study of the Conflict between Well-Intentioned Macroeconomic Policy and Service Delivery to the Poor

The Impact of Cash Budgets on Poverty Reduction in Zambia : A Case Study of the Conflict between Well-Intentioned Macroeconomic Policy and Service Delivery to the Poor

Facing runaway inflation and budget discipline problems in the early 1990s, the Zambian government introduced the so-called cash budget in which government domestic spending is limited to domestic revenue, leaving no room for excess spending. The authors review Zambia's experience during the pa...

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Main Authors:	Dinh, Hinh T., Adugna, Abebe, Myers, Bernard
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	Macroeconomic policy Service delivery Budget management Government spending policy Fiscal efficiency Cash management Cash social transfers Cash transfer system Budget law & legislation Regulatory reform Reallocation of funds Cross country analysis account accounting accounts allocation of resources Appropriations authority balance of payments bills borrowing budget appropriations budget deficit budget estimates budget execution budget implementation budget management budget process budget projections budget surplus budget system budgetary resources budgeting consensus debt debt service decision making Democracy economic growth enactment exchange rate expenditure categories financial discipline Financial Regulations Financial support fiscal fiscal balance fiscal discipline fiscal management foreign debt foreign exchange foreign exchange reserves government agencies government expenditures Government Resources government revenue government revenues imports inflation Judiciary lack of accountability Ministries of Agriculture Ministries of Health Ministry of Finance National Planning oil payroll private sector public administration public expenditure public expenditure management Public Expenditure Review public expenditures public health quality of service rehabilitation Resource Mobilization revenue collection Roads selling social sector Structural Adjustment total expenditures transparency Treasury wages
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The Impact of Cash Budgets on Poverty Reduction in Zambia : A Case Study of the Conflict between Well-Intentioned Macroeconomic Policy and Service Delivery to the Poor

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