4th OECD-Asian Senior Budget Officials Meeting, 14-15 December 2006, Bangkok, Thailand

The 2006 OECD-Asia Senior Budget Officials 4th meeting, hosted by the Thai Bureau of the Budget, Office of the Prime Minister, Thailand, took place in Bangkok on 14-15 December 2006. The meeting was co-chaired by the Thai budget director Mr. Vudhibandhu Vichairatana and the Permanent Secretary of the Australian Department of Finance (who also chairs SBO), Mr. Ian Watt. It opened with a keynote address by the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Mr. Pridiyathorn Devakula, which was followed by opening remarks by Deputy Secretary General Richard Hecklinger on behalf of the OECD.

DOCUMENTATION

• Annotated Agenda
• Top-Down Budgeting: A Tool for Central Resource Management (Powerpoint)
• Performance Budgeting and Accrual Budgeting: Decision Rules or Analytic Tools?
• Performance Budgeting and Accrual Budgeting: Decision Rules or Analytic Tools? (Powerpoint)
• Assessing Fiscal Risks through Long-Term Budget Projections
• Long-Term Budget Projections: Can They Help Governments Address the Ageing Problem? (Powerpoint)
• Legislatures and Budgeting (Powerpoint)
• Budgeting in Singapore
• Budgeting in Singapore (Powerpoint)
• Public Expenditure Management Review (PEM/R) in Thailand (Powerpoint)