Since the 1970s, a burgeoning role has emerged for public sector accounting in reporting many non-financial measures of government performance.
This collection brings together literature from diverse sources to cover:


Volume One: Introduction, Budgeting and Performance Measurement: budgeting policies; performance budgeting; budgetary control.


Volume Two: Financial Accounting and Reporting: policy-making; conceptual frameworks; budgetary accounting; accrual budgeting and accounting.


Volume Three: Auditing: policy-making; conceptual frameworks; budgetary accounting; accrual budgeting and accounting.


Volume Four:Comparative International Studies: budgeting; financial accounting and reporting; auditing.


An introduction by the editor covering Volumes One to Three deals with governance, public money and performance measurement, while the introduction to Volume Four looks at comparative international research issues.