Front Matter Page
Statistics Department
Table of Contents
Abstract
Introduction
I. Measuring Statistical Capacity
II. Role of Budget Institutions
III. Empirical Strategy
A. Methodology
B. Dataset
IV. Results
A. Baseline Estimates
B. Role of Budget Institutions
Budget institutions and the availability of better information
Budget institutions and the use of the information
C. Robustness Tests
V. Conclusion
References
Tables
1. Statistical Capacity Building and Statistical Capacity
2. Summary Statistics of the Main Variables
3. Statistical Capacity Building and the Procyclicality of Fiscal Policy (baseline)
4. Statistical Capacity Building and the Budget Process
5. Robustness Analysis: Statistical Capacity Building and the Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy
Figures
1. Evolution of Technical Assistance Delivery and Composition,1990–2012
2. Statistical Capacity Building and Stages of the Budget
3. Statistical Capacity Building and the Quality of Budget Institutions
Appendices
I. Country List
II. Key Variables
III. Granger Causality Tests Between Expenditure Growth and GDP Growth
IV. Different Dimensions of Budget Institutions