How can budgeting in countries around the world be compared?

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How can budgeting in countries around the world be compared? What are the challenges for budgeting in developing countries? Are these challenges vastly different than those for budgeting in developed countries? Explain your response.

Research related to this topic:

Andrews, Matt. 2012. “The Logical Limits of Best Practice Administrative Solutions in Developing Countries,” Public Administration & Development 32(2): 137–153.

Boex, L. F. Jameson, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Robert M. McNab. 2000. “Multi-Year Budgeting: A Review of International Practices and Lessons for Developing and Transitional Economies,” Public Budgeting & Finance20(2): 91–112.

Dean, Peter N. 1986. “Assessing the Performance Budgeting Experiment in Four Developing Countries,” Financial Accountability & Management 2(1): 1–24.

Patton, Carl V. 1975. “Budgeting under Crisis: The Confederacy as a Poor Country.” Administrative Science Quarterly20(3): 355–370.

Schiavo-Campo, Salvatore. 2009. “Potemkin Villages: The Medium-Term Expenditure Framework in Developing Countries,” Public Budgeting & Finance 29(2): 1–26.