01979cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013183 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781616359102 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Budina, Nina. Fiscal Rules at a Glance : Country Details from a New Dataset / Nina Budina, Tidiane Kinda, Andrea Schaechter, Anke Weber. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012. 1 online resource (62 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 provides country-specific information on fiscal rules in use in 81 countries from 1985 to end-September 2012. It serves as background material and update of the July 2012 Working Paper 'Fiscal Rules in Response to the Crisis-Toward the 'Next Generation' Rules: A New Dataset' and is also available in an easy accessible electronic data visualization tool (http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/FiscalRules/map/map.htm.).The dataset covers four types of rules: budget balance rules, debt rules, expenditure rules, and revenue rules, applying to the central or general government or the public sector. It also presents details on various characteristics of rules, such as their legal basis, coverage, escape clauses, as well as key supporting features such as independent monitoring bodies. Mode of access: Internet Kinda, Tidiane. Schaechter, Andrea. Weber, Anke. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/273 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2012/273/001.2012.issue-273-en.xml IMF e-Library