01634cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF010020 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451957044 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Indicators for Economic Growth : Illusory Search? Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1990. 1 online resource (30 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 search for ways to ensure growth while accommodating necessary expenditure cuts to correct fiscal imbalances, has often led to the advocacy of the government own savings (GOS) measure as an indicator of growth potential in fiscal adjustment. This paper critically examines the rationale of this approach and its implicit assumption of the primacy of capital expenditure for the growth process. In light of the problems revealed in the GOS approach, the paper explores the possibility of alternative weighted expenditure indicators and illustrates the proposed technique, employing data from Thailand. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1990/076 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1990/076/001.1990.issue-076-en.xml IMF e-Library