TY - BOOK AU - Brixi, Hana Polackova AU - Schick, Allen. TI - Government at risk: : contingent liabilities and fiscal risk SN - 0821348353 U1 - 320 PY - 2002/// CY - Washington, DC : PB - World Bank KW - Fiscal policy. KW - Financial Risk KW - Finance, Public. N1 - PART I : LEARNING TO DEAL WITH FISCAL RISKS IN GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIOS Possible Analytical And institutional Frameworks 1. Dealing with government fiscal risk : an overview / Hana Polackova Brixi, Ashoka Mody -- 2. Accounting and financial accountability to capture risk / Murray Petrie -- 3. Budgeting for fiscal risk / Allen Schick -- 4. Institutional and analytical framework for measuring and managing government's contingent liabilities / Suresh M. Sundaresan -- 5. Analytical techniques applicable to government management of fiscal risk / Krishna Ramaswamy -- 6. Fiscal sustainability and a contingency trust fund / Daniel Cohen -- 7. A framework for assessing fiscal vulnerability / Richard Hemming, Murray Petrie -- Country Examples 8. Evaluating government net worth in Colombia and Républica Bolivariana de Venezuela / William Easterly, David Yuravlivker -- 9. The challenges of fiscal risks in transition : Czech Republic, Hungary, and Bulgaria / Hana Polackova Brixi, Allen Schick, Leila Zlaoui -- 10. Analyzing government fiscal risk exposure in China / Kathie L. Krumm, Christine P. Wong -- 11. Dealing with contingent liabilities in Indonesia and Thailand / Hana Polackova Brixi, Sudarshan Gooptu -- 12. Dealing with contingent liabilities in Colombia / Juan Carlos Echeverry [and others] -- PART II : DEALING WITH SPECIFIC SOURCES OF GOVERNMENT FISCAL RISK Analytical and Managerial Tools 13. Pension guarantees : a methodology for assessing fiscal risk / George G. Pennacchi -- 14. Measuring and managing government contingent liabilities in the banking sector / Stijn Claessens, Daniela Klingebiel -- 15. Government insurance programs : risks and risk management / Ron Feldman -- 16. Contingent liabilities of the central bank : analyzing a possible fiscal risk for government / Mario Blejer, Liliana Schumacher -- PRACTICE 17. Contingent liabilities in infrastructure : lessons from the East Asian financial crisis / Ashoka Mody -- 18. Monitoring fiscal risks of subnational governments : selected country experiences / Jun Ma -- 19. Guarantees as options : an evaluation of foreign debt restructuring agreements / Sweder van Wijnbergen, Nina Budina -- 20. The fiscal risk of floods : lessons of Argentina / Alcira Kreimer -- Conclusion : Toward a code of good practice on managing fiscal risk / Allen Schick ER -