TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ter-Minassian,Teresa
AU  - Martínez-Méndez,Pedro
AU  - Parente,Pedro Pullen
AU  - Ter-Minassian,Teresa
TI  - Setting Up a Treasury in Economies in Transition
T2  - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper
SN  - 1451843348 :
SN  - 1018-5941
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - International Monetary Fund
KW  - Budget Execution
KW  - imf
KW  - Central Bank
KW  - Debt Management
KW  - Financial Management
KW  - Government Debt
KW  - Australia
KW  - Estonia
KW  - Italy
KW  - Japan
KW  - Lithuania
N2  - 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
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