Public Finance

Across the developing world, governments still lack the fiscal capacity to fund critical public goods, alleviate poverty, and invest in economic de...

Understanding state and local government revenue and expenditure patterns can help policymakers determine whether, when, where and how they provide...

This book examines the Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Resolution proposed by Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and the House Committee on the Budget. The Co...

The nation''s budget situation is challenging. In February 2009, the CBO projected that the deficit in 2009 will reach more than $1.4 trillion, whi...

Over the past 40 years, many countries have replaced lower-denomination notes with coins as a means of providing a financial benefit to their gover...

Recent innovations in finance, while increasing the capacity to borrow and lend, resulted in a large volume of banking transactions occurring outsi...

Discussions about the appropriate levels of spending for various policy objectives of the federal government have played an important role in congr...

he financial consequences of the recession that spanned from December 2007 through June of 2009 has increased congressional interest in the financi...

This book provides a summary and legislative history of P.L. 111-139, focusing on the features of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010. ...

This book examines the role of migration as a livelihood strategy in influencing food access among rural households. Migration forms a key componen...