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Does budgeting have a future?

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  • Allen Schick

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Budgeting is a work in progress. The process is never quite settled because those who manage it are never fully satisfied. To budget is to decide on the basis of inadequate information, often without secure knowledge of how past appropriations were used or of what was accomplished, or of the results that new allocations may produce. Most people involved in budgeting have experienced the frustration of having their preferences crowded out by the built-in cost of past actions. Budgeting is a deadline-driven process, in which sub-optimal decisions often are the norm because government does not have the option of making no decisions. When one cycle ends, the next begins, usually with little respite and along the same path that was trod the year before. The routines of budgeting dull conflict, but they also are a breeding ground for frustration.

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  • Allen Schick, 2003. "Does budgeting have a future?," OECD Journal on Budgeting, OECD Publishing, vol. 2(2), pages 7-48.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:govkaa:5lmqcr2k24xn
    DOI: 10.1787/budget-v2-art8-en
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    1. Nick Manning, 2010. "Improving Performance : Foundations of Systemic Performance," World Bank Publications - Reports 10508, The World Bank Group.
    2. Alessandro Giosi & Silvia Testarmata & Sandro Brunelli & Bianca Staglianò, 2012. "Does the Quality of Public Finance Enhance Fiscal Discipline in the European Union? A Cross-Country Analysis," DSI Essays Series, DSI - Dipartimento di Studi sull'Impresa, vol. 21.
    3. John Wanna & Lotte Jensen & Jouke de Vries (ed.), 2010. "The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2407.
    4. John Wanna, 2010. "The Work in Progress of Budgetary Reform," Chapters, in: John Wanna & Lotte Jensen & Jouke de Vries (ed.), The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations, chapter 13, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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