Erschienen in:IMF Working Papers, Vol. , pp. 1-37, 2007
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1 Online-Ressource (39 p)
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Englisch
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.979032
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments April 2007 erstellt
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Several features of Tanzania's budget system find their roots in the arrangements inherited from the United Kingdom. These include a legal framework that emphasizes accountability' a cabinet of ministers with strong budget decision-making powers' a parliament with very limited budget powers' and a similar external audit organization. In both countries, budget execution is decentralized to individual ministries, with accounting officers responsible to a parliamentary accounts committee. These similarities are blended with contrasts, including in Tanzania: a presidential system of government, one dominant political party, a written constitution, and some fragmentation in central budget decision-making within the executive