Budgeting, Auditing, and Evaluation: Functions . Rist, Gray, Jenkins, Segswo**

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Budgeting, Auditing, and EvaluationFunctions and Integration in Seven Governments\nAuthor(s): Andrew Gray\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United Kingdom\nImprint: Transaction Publishers\nISBN-13: 9780765807243, 978-0765807243\nSynopsis\nThe end of the twentieth century is shaping up as a period of volatile change and transition. As governments the world over work to sustain public policy and develop much needed policy initiatives, there is an increasing need for better budgetary management and sound evaluation of both past and prospective policies. Budgeting, Auditing, Evaluating presents in-depth, comparative examinations of budgetary processes in seven major Western [url] contributors focus specifically on the important links between budgeting, auditing, and policy evaluation. These are examined as elements of an interactive process that plays a major role in government decision making. Although the three elements are institutionally and functionally distin""