Download or read book Who Decides the Budget? written by Mark Hallerberg and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The budget is the main tool used to allocate scarce public resources, and it is in the context of the budget process that politicians must make trade-offs between policy priorities. This book describes the budget practices, both formal and informal, in 10 countries of Latin America and explains fiscal results in terms of four features.