Public Budgeting in Context

Chapter TenBudget Mechanics and Reforms

Reforms are innovations prompted by disparities between existing conditions and preferred states that actors believe are attainable.

—Matthew Dull, 2006

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After reading this chapter, you should be able to

• Discern various budget types used by governments to budget
• Access government budgets, determine budget format(s), and understand the information included in budget documents
• Understand public budgeting cycles and distinguish timelines by level of government
• List some current best practices related to public budgeting; articulate one or two components relevant to each practice
• Distinguish and characterize different public budgeting reforms
• List various components of modern performance ...