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New development: Towards a grand convergence? International proposals for aligning government budgets, accounts and finance statistics

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  • Jens Heiling
  • Sabine Schührer
  • James L. Chan

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Government responses to recent financial crises have imposed heavy burdens on the public finances of many countries, and exposed weak links between fiscal information sources: budgets, accounts and finance statistics. In order to better understand the causes and effects of financial crises—as well as to predict them early and manage them effectively—the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently proposed a standard for fiscal forecasting. Viewing this alignment proposal as the culmination—a ‘grand convergence’—of earlier attempts at linking and improving these three fields, the authors describe and assess the IMF initiative, and discuss its likely impact.

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  • Jens Heiling & Sabine Schührer & James L. Chan, 2013. "New development: Towards a grand convergence? International proposals for aligning government budgets, accounts and finance statistics," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(4), pages 297-303, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:33:y:2013:i:4:p:297-303
    DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799838
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    1. Sheila Ellwood, 2016. "Editorial," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(3), pages 157-161, April.
    2. Elaine Stewart & Ciaran Connolly, 2021. "Recent UK Central Government Accounting Reforms: Claimed Benefits and Experienced Outcomes," Abacus, Accounting Foundation, University of Sydney, vol. 57(3), pages 557-592, September.
    3. Carolyn J. Cordery & Kevin Simpkins, 2016. "Financial reporting standards for the public sector: New Zealand's 21st-century experience," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(3), pages 209-218, April.

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