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South Asia: Central Government
Expenditures
|
Country
|
Goods
& Services
%
of Total Expenditure
|
Wages
& Salaries
%
of Total Expenditure
|
Interest
Payments
%
of Total Expenditure
|
Subsidies
& Other Current Transfers % of Total Expenditure
|
Capital
Expenditure % of Total Expenditure
|
|
1990
|
1998
|
1990
|
1998
|
1990
|
1998
|
1990
|
1998
|
1990
|
1998
|
|
Bangladesh
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
India
|
24
|
24
|
11
|
12
|
22
|
27
|
43
|
38
|
11
|
11
|
|
Nepal
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Pakistan
|
44
|
48
|
-
|
-
|
25
|
31
|
20
|
9
|
12
|
12
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
33
|
39
|
17
|
21
|
23
|
22
|
23
|
19
|
21
|
21
|
Note:
Components include expenditures financed by grants in kind and other cash
adjustments to total expenditure.
Data Sources: The data on central banks’ expenditure are from the
IMF’ s “Government Finance Statistics Yearbook, 2000” and IMF data files.
Each country’s accounts are reported using the system of common
definitions and classifications in the IMF’ s “Manual on Government Finance
Statistics (1986)”. See these sources for complete and authoritative explanations
of concepts, definitions and data sources.
Source: World Development Indicators: 2001 , The World
Bank, Washington 2001.
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