01799cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005329 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451870756 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Cabezon, Ezequiel. Public Financial Management and Fiscal Outcomes in Sub-Saharan African Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries / Ezequiel Cabezon, Tej Prakash. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (46 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper examines, in a formal econometric framework, the linkages between public financial management and fiscal outcomes in sub-Saharan African countries. Similar analyses have been done for Latin America, Europe, and the United States, but none in the context of low-income countries. Using public financial management indicators, as measured in two recent assessments related to the Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, this study shows that improving public financial management leads to better fiscal outcomes, as measured by the overall fiscal balance and external debt levels, after controlling for other characteristics that might alter fiscal outcomes. Mode of access: Internet Prakash, Tej. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/217 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/217/001.2008.issue-217-en.xml IMF e-Library