| Summary: | Budgeting techniques are undergoing major change in many OECD countries in the wake of the global financial crisis. As part of this, many of the directions of pre-crisis budgeting reform are being critically reviewed. This paper reviews the past and future of budgeting reform. It also considers what will be needed to develop a more robust analytical framework within which to map future reform directions. JEL codes: E62, H12, H50, H55, H61 Keywords: fiscal discipline, allocative efficiency, prioritization, value-for-money, reallocation, accrual accounting, accrual budgeting, performance budgeting, programme budgeting, fiscal rules, expenditure rules, expenditure ceilings, expenditure carryover, actor/motivation frameworks, legal principles framework
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