The recent recession has brought fiscal policy back to the forefront, with economists and policy makers struggling to reach a consensus on highly political issues like tax rates and government spending. At the heart of the debate are fiscal multipliers, whose size and sensitivit…
Introduction / Enid Slack and Rupak Chattopadhyay -- Canberra, Australia / Graham Sansom -- Brussels, Belgium / Caroline van Wynesberghe -- Ottawa, Canada / Almos Tassonyi -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia / Assefa Fiseha -- Berlin, Germany / Horst Zimmermann -- New Delhi, India / Om Pra…
"We are now trying to create value in a globalized world, with supranational entities, with new international alliances and institutions, in a frightening post-Truth era. How can public managers grapple with these emerging realities? This book seeks to provide answers to such pu…
Introduction -- The context of the emergence of gender-responsive budgeting: gender machinery and the state -- The role of gender-focused institutions in parliament in gender-responsive budgeting -- The contribution of the women's movement to making economic policy more gender r…
Green Budgeting in OECD Countries
Climate and environmental considerations have become pressing priorities for governments in recent years. International commitments such as the Paris Agreement, the Aichi Biodiversity Targets under the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…