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Fundamentos de las cuentas por finalidad del gasto público

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  • Henry Antonio Mendoza Tolosa

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El presente artículo constituye una revisión temática de los fundamentos teóricos y empíricos de la contabilidad por finalidad del gasto relacionados con la exploración del instrumental requerido para su implementación. En este sentido, se advierte que Colombia no dispone de metodología, ni de series estadísticas actualizadas del gasto por funciones desde 1999, y hasta entonces privilegió su elaboración a partir de las operaciones efectivas de caja como técnica de registro que rige aún buena parte de la operación del presupuesto. En tal sentido, el documento presenta el marco metodológico difundido a nivel internacional por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) y el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) para la construcción de las cuentas por funciones del Gobierno en contexto con los desarrollos de la literatura de frontera en este campo, provenientes principalmente de la Comunidad Económica Europea, las experiencias y los modelos que en este frente han adoptado diferentes países en el mundo, el marco legal e institucional vigente en Colombia como soporte normativo para su elaboración, y los principales elementos de reflexión que surgen del diagnóstico de la organización institucional, metodológica y de disponibilidad de información apropiada para su implementación en el país.******This paper is a thematic revision of the main concepts concerning theoretical approaches and empirical evidences of public expenditures according to the fundamental aims from the public decision making processes. One of the foremost aspects here discussed is that the Colombian public accountability system does not have statistical data neither accounts in terms of effective cash operations, as indicators for national budget expenditures. Within the analysis of this study a methodological perspective aimed to be applied worldwide by the United Nations Organization is used. This methodology is also recommended by the International Monetary Fund to establish national accountability systems following Europeans achievements in this sphere. Many countries in the world have already adopted this sort of system. Affecting its implementation one can see factors such as the Colombian legal conditions, current conditions of public institutions, and the requirement of a normative framework for national accounts according to the availability of applicable data.

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  • Henry Antonio Mendoza Tolosa, 2010. "Fundamentos de las cuentas por finalidad del gasto público," Revista Finanzas y Politica Economica, Universidad Católica de Colombia, vol. 2(1), pages 103-123, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000443:009377
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