TY - BOOK AU - Premchand, A. TI - Controlling government spending: the ethos, ethics, and economics of expenditure management SN - 9780195673876 U1 - 336.39091 PY - 2005/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Expenditures, Public - Developing countries KW - Developing countries - Appropriations and exoenditures N2 - Growing public expenditure is a persistent problem faced by governments in both industrialized as well as developing countries. Despite concerted efforts and wide-ranging reforms operations problems in controlling expenditure persist everywhere. This volume examines the main factors contributing to expenditure growth and formulates alternative proposals for improvement and sustainability in expenditure management ER -