TY - BOOK ID - 84542670 TI - On Improving Public Expenditure Policies for the Poor : Major Informational Requirements AU - Chalk, Nigel. AU - Ahmad, Ehtisham. PY - 1993 SN - 146236618X 145279569X 1281345369 1451989016 9786613778932 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Macroeconomics KW - Public Finance KW - Statistics KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General KW - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology KW - Computer Programs: Other KW - Education: General KW - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution KW - National Security and War KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Econometrics & economic statistics KW - Education KW - Expenditure KW - Government finance statistics KW - Income KW - Defense spending KW - Economic and financial statistics KW - National accounts KW - Expenditures, Public KW - Finance KW - Ghana UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84542670 AB - An improvement in the quality of public expenditures is needed in many countries, given binding macroeconomic and fiscal constraints, and poverty reduction and distributional objectives. This process involves a reassessment of methodology used for this purpose by countries and international agencies, and the data needed for improved decision making. This paper reviews methods that might be used by international agencies, such as the Fund and the Bank, jointly with a survey of data currently available, required improvements in the data currently available, and required improvements in the information base. The scope for improvements in governments' expenditure policy making is also considered. ER -