Public Finance: An International Perspective

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This book expands on issues like fiscal sustainability, state enterprises and the variety of subsidies, with a multi-country focus. Drawing examples from numerous countries, it presents issues in contemporary finance and especially fiscalpolicy that can benefit researchers and civil servants from both developed, as well as developing worlds and emerging market economies. Written in a simple and accessible manner, this book will be of interest to civil servants and practitioners. It also serves as a reference source for students and academics, and can be used as a textbook for advanced courses on public finance.

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Dr. Joshua Greene is a macroeconomist with a specializationin public finance, who has worked in both national and internationalorganizations since 1976. Recently retired from the International MonetaryFund, where he served for 28 years, most recently as Deputy Director of theIMF-Singapore Regional Training Institute in Singapore, he has led a variety ofcourses in macroeconomics and public finance, both for university students andfor officials from countries in Asia and the Pacific. Dr. Greene has servedperiodically as an adjunct or visiting professor at Singapore ManagementUniversity in the Master's Program for Applied Economics and as a consultantfor the Asian Development Bank and Bank Negara Malaysia. He has also taughtmacroeconomics at George Mason University in the United States. Dr. Greene hasdone research on a variety of subjects, including African debt, factorsaffecting private investment in developing countries, and the U.S. balance ofpayments. His work has been published in IMF Staff Papers, WorldDevelopment, the Journal of African Finance and Economic Development, andother journals. He has a Ph.D. in economics and a law degree from theUniversity of Michigan and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University.