TY - BOOK ID - 84656127 TI - Modernizing Cash Management PY - 2009 SN - 1462321887 1452781605 1462304125 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Accounting KW - Banks and Banking KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - Public Finance KW - National Budget KW - Budget Systems KW - National Deficit Surplus KW - Debt KW - Debt Management KW - Sovereign Debt KW - Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt KW - Monetary Systems KW - Standards KW - Regimes KW - Government and the Monetary System KW - Payment Systems KW - Public Administration KW - Public Sector Accounting and Audits KW - Banks KW - Depository Institutions KW - Micro Finance Institutions KW - Mortgages KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Monetary economics KW - Public finance accounting KW - Banking KW - Government cash management KW - Currencies KW - Fiscal accounting and reporting KW - Commercial banks KW - Treasury Single Account KW - Public financial management (PFM) KW - Money KW - Financial institutions KW - Finance, Public KW - Banks and banking KW - United States UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84656127 AB - This technical note describes the objectives of modern cash management. The note highlights that cash management is necessary because there are mismatches between the timing of payments and the availability of cash. All definitions of cash management emphasize the time value of government money. This note elaborates good cash management practices in developed countries, and the main features of the framework for short-term cash planning. Challenges for improving cash management in low- and middle-income countries are also discussed. ER -