02446cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006726 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451843347 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Ter-Minassian, Teresa. Setting Up a Treasury in Economies in Transition / Teresa Ter-Minassian, Pedro Martinez-Mendez, Pedro Parente. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995. 1 online resource (66 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 The primary mandate of a national Treasury is to promote an optimal financial management of government resources, by ensuring that spending agencies are provided, in a timely manner, the resources needed for a smooth provision of public services, while minimizing the cost of government financing. However, international experience shows that agencies that go by the same name (the Treasury) assume a variety of responsibilities within the gamut of functions encompassed by government financial management. This paper argues that, in countries facing substantial economic and financial adjustment problems and/or rapid institutional change, it is desirable to give the Treasury a broader (rather than narrower) range of responsibilities in government financial management. This is typically the case in economies in transition, in which under central planning Treasury functions were dispersed among different agencies, including the Central Bank. The paper presents an overview of the main issues governments are likely to face in setting up a national Treasury, in particular in economies in transition. It begins with an analysis of the main Treasury functions. It then discusses the Treasury's basic organization and structure, information system, and relationships with other public entities. Mode of access: Internet Martinez-Mendez, Pedro. Parente, Pedro. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/016 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1995/016/001.1995.issue-016-en.xml IMF e-Library