01545cas a2200229 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011608 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 9781616353742 0145-1707 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept. Finance and Development, September 1988. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1988. 1 online resource (58 pages) Finance and Development <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 describes the need to improve public finance for development. The paper underscores that public finance affects aggregate resource use and, together with monetary and exchange rate policies, influences the balance of payments, the accumulation of external debt, and the inflation, interest, and exchange rates. It highlights that public spending taxes, user charges, and borrowing also affect the behavior of producers and consumers, and influence the distribution of wealth and income in any economy. Mode of access: Internet Finance and Development; Finance and Development ; No. 0025/003 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/022/0025/003/022.0025.issue-003-en.xml IMF e-Library