Increasing Professionalism in Public Finance Management: A Case Study of the United Kingdom

by Ivor Beazley and Sarah Jane Squire

In countries such as the United Kingdom, the need to manage fi nances in a professional manner has been hampered by the severe fi scal constraints of the 2008 fi nancial crisis. These pressures are likely to persist in the long term as a result of an aging population and rising public expectations of the quality of public services. Whereas much attention has been paid to technical reforms to improve budgeting, expenditure control, accounting, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146480804X
• ISBN13: 9781464808043
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"