01814cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017210 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475552003 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Tapsoba, Sampawende. Can Statistical Capacity Building Help Reduce Procyclical Fiscal Policy in Developing Countries? / Sampawende Tapsoba, Robert York, Neree Noumon. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (32 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 Few papers have attempted to assess the role of 'capacity,' especially in the area of macroeconomic statistics. Consequently, we make an attempt to advance this literature through the construction of a 'statistical capacity building index,' and then test its explanatory power on the cyclicality of government spending. Using panel data from 62 developing countries, we find evidence that improvements in this index are associated with less procyclicality of government spending over the period 1990-2012; with the significance of this relationship dependent upon the quality of administrative and technical capacity of budgetary institutions. Mode of access: Internet Noumon, Neree. York, Robert. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/209 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2016/209/001.2016.issue-209-en.xml IMF e-Library