The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Yearbook: Maps of Government for 74 Countries

Author: Ms. Claudia H Dziobek, Mr. Miguel A Alves, Ms. Majdeline El Rayess, Mr. Carlos A Gutierrez Mangas, and Phebby Kufa

A useful but little known feature of the IMF's Government Finance Statistics Yearbook (GFSY) is the information on the structure of governments. Institutional tables, included in the GFSY, provide detail on the central, state, and local levels of governments, social security, and extrabudgetary units. We refer to the main levels of government as GL1, GL2, and GL3 in ascending order of institutional coverage. We present maps of the various levels of government for 74 countries to illustrate the usefulness of this database and make it more accessible to users. The maps provide information about how centralized or decentralized government finances and employment are and their size relative to the overall economy. Government map data facilitate the monitoring of fiscal policy and fiscal rules.

Volume/Issue: Volume 2011 Issue 127

Publication date: June 2011

ISBN: 9781455264391

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Business and Economics , Public Finance , Business and Economics - Statistics , WP , government , government map , government activity , country , local government , Fiscal statistics , fiscal indicators , government sectors , government structure , General government , government employee , Government finance statistics , Middle East and Central Asia , Global , Western Hemisphere , Sub-Saharan Africa , Asia and Pacific

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Summary

A useful but little known feature of the IMF’s Government Finance Statistics Yearbook (GFSY) is the information on the structure of governments. Institutional tables, included in the GFSY, provide detail on the central, state, and local levels of governments, social security, and extrabudgetary units. We refer to the main levels of government as GL1, GL2, and GL3 in ascending order of institutional coverage. We present maps of the various levels of government for 74 countries to illustrate the usefulness of this database and make it more accessible to users. The maps provide information about how centralized or decentralized government finances and employment are and their size relative to the overall economy. Government map data facilitate the monitoring of fiscal policy and fiscal rules.