Public finance and economic growth in developing countries lessons from Ethiopia's reforms

Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-318) and index.

Part 1. Understanding public financial management reform. 1. The Ethiopian public finance reform--a case study for yitchalal! -- 2. The drivers of public sector reform -- 3. The necessary conditions for a successful financial reform. -- Part 2. The Ethiopian reform. 4. The budget reform: toning up tradition -- 5. The accounts reform: a long shot -- 6. Financial information systems: supporting, not driving, reform -- 7. The planning reform: from financial administration to financial management. -- Part 3. Lessons for the developing and the already developed. 8. The tests of time: two roads -- 9. How to reform a public financial system: public financial administration or public financial management? -- 10. Recreating the field of PFM for the twenty-first century.