The Prudential Code for Capital Finance in Local Authorities
Kommunale Haushaltssteuerung an Der Schnittstelle Von Doppik Und Haushaltskonsolidierung
by Andreas Burth
Supporting People
Credit is the lifeblood of capitalism and development. Brazil, Russia, India, and China-also called BRICs-have become important creditors to developing countries. However, how will their loans affect economic development and democracy in recipient countries? We need to understand why governments accept Chinese over Western loan offers before we can predict their likely consequences. In Raise the Debt, Jonas B. Bunte systematically explains how governments choose among competing loan offers. Usin...
The Unemployment Crisis (Critical Perspectives on Public Affairs, #6)
by Brian K MacLean and Lars Osberg
Arguing that the consequences of the unemployment crisis could have been avoided by better government policies, particularly less restrictive monetary control, the contributors examine the effect of the zero-inflation policy adopted by the Bank of Canada and the role of unemployment insurance on the unemployment crisis of recent years. Their analysis includes discussion of various facets of unemployment in France, Germany, and Japan for comparison. Contents Introduction - Brian K. MacLean and L...
Stagnation Versus Growth in Europe
This book explores the debate on the policies required to overcome the crises of 2008 and 2011, in which the focus on short-term measures has overshadowed the need to analyze the low growth rate in the European Union, and especially the Eurozone, as the basis for interventions that will counteract the tendency toward stagnation. Factors that lie at the root of the low growth are examined in depth, covering, for example, the impact of the demographic trend toward an aging population in Europe, co...
Mid-West Response to the New Federalism (La Follette public policy)
Economics of the Public Sector
Toward the Next Massachusetts Miracle (Pioneer Paper, #14)
by Professor Edwin S Mills
Streetsmart Guide to Valuing a Stock
by Gary Gray, Patrick Cusatis, and J Randall Woolridge
Guide to GST on Services (HSN Code wise taxability of all services)
by Rakesh Garg and Sandeep Garg
VAT Business by Business Guide 2002-03
VAT Business by Business Guide is a practical text which aims to help businesses understand the special issues that might apply to them, particularly with regard to the VAT implications of e-business and outsourcing. The authors have used their extensive experience of providing day-to-day advice to the clients of PricewaterhouseCoopers to explain the VAT issues that affect the businesses they advise, in clear and accurate terms.
Growth, Burden and Sustainability of Public Sector Debt in India
by Koduri R. Pushpavathi
Cayman Islands 2013 (Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes peer reviews)
This report contains the "Phase 2: Implementation of the Standard in Practice" review for the Cayman Islands, as well as revised version of the "Phase 1: Legal and Regulatory Framework review" already released for this jurisdiction. The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes is the multilateral framework within which work in the area of tax transparency and exchange of information is carried out by 120 jurisdictions, which participate in the Global Forum on an...
A Primer on Michigan School Finance
by C. Philip Kearney and Michael F. Addonizio
A valuable resource aimed at helping Michigan citizens and legislators understand the state's K-12 school finance system. The authors focus on key issues, addressing among other things questions about the sources of Michigan's public school funding and the basis for allocating funds.
From recession to renewal
The banking collapse and ensuing global financial crisis has been the subject of much analysis and speculation. One growing certainty is that there will be an impact on the delivery of public services and on local government and governance. This topical book examines and debates the challenges posed, on a local, European and global level, by the imperative to balance a fiscal need for smaller public expenditure with a social need for strong governance and protection of the most vulnerable in UK...
Austerity has been at the center of political controversy following the 2008 financial crisis, invoked by politicians and academics across the political spectrum as the answer to, or cause of, our post-crash economic malaise. However, despite being the cause of debate for more than three centuries, austerity remains a poorly understood concept. In this book, Suzanne J. Konzelmann aims to demystify austerity as an economic policy, a political idea, and a social phenomenon. Beginning with an anal...
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