Boom and Bust Budgeting: Repetitive Budgetary Processes in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana

One of the least studied topics in comparative budgeting is how governments budget during economic and boom and bust cycles. Theory and past evidence suggest that national budgets of poorer countries are made and remade continuously over these periods. Case material from Nigeria as well as supplemen...

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Published in:Public budgeting & finance 1989, Vol.9 (2), p.43-65
Main Authors: Omolehinwa, Eddy, Roe, Emery M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Budgeting
Budgets
Coffee
Economic conditions
Economic planning
Government
Oil
Statistical data
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Summary:One of the least studied topics in comparative budgeting is how governments budget during economic and boom and bust cycles. Theory and past evidence suggest that national budgets of poorer countries are made and remade continuously over these periods. Case material from Nigeria as well as supplemental information from Ghana and Kenya illustrate the principal features of the persistence, types, and sequence of such repetitive budgeting. The experience of the three countries in boom and bust budgeting has considerable implications both for a theory of comparative budgeting and for national budget management and policy in Subsaharan Africa specifically.
ISSN:0275-1100
1540-5850
DOI:10.1111/1540-5850.00817