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TREASURY OCCASIONAL PAPERS
Treasury Occasional Papers are based on internal working papers
and written to inform policy discussions. The papers are being released
as part of the Open Government initiative. Responsibility for these
papers rests with the authors. The views expressed do not necessarily
coincide with those of HM Treasury. Information on how to obtain hard
copies of the papers is provided beneath the index.
INDEX
- TOP 10 (11) Debt Management
- Theory and Practice. The primary objective of UK debt management
policy is to minimise cost over the long term, taking account of
risk, whilst ensuring consistency with the objective of monetary
policy. However defining what makes up the "optimal" portfolio
to meet this objective is a difficult problem. The paper examine
several theoretical approaches to the question.
- TOP 10 Persistent
Poverty and Lifetime Inequality: The Evidence. This report summarises
presentations and discussion at a workshop on ‘Persistent Poverty
and Lifetime Inequality’ organised by HM Treasury and chaired by
John Hills, Director of the ESRC Resarch Centre for Analysis of
Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics. It took place
on 17 and 18 November 1998. The Treasury decided to hold this workshop
to encourage debate and extend understanding of the causes of persistent
poverty and inequality of opportunity, drawing on the large amount
of new research using panel datasets. These new datasets make it
possible to move from a static analysis of poverty and inequality
to a dynamic focus. Looking at the dynamics of poverty and inequality
of opportunity enables us to pinpoint the processes and events which
lead people to be at greater risk of low income and poorer life
chances. These data provide a much firmer underpinning for policies
which aim to tackle these problems at source.
- TOP- EMU Convergence
and Timing This paper has been made available under the Open
Government Code of Practice on Access to Government Information
in response to a request to see the 'facts and analysis' behind
the Cabinet decision of 23 January. Published: March 1997.
- TOP8 Overseas
Investment and the UK - explanations, policy implications, facts
and figures. The purpose of this paper is to provide the background
to the UK's role and interest in the international economic arena.
In doing this it examines how the UK's involvement in overseas investment
came about and the implications for UK policy. Published: June 1996.
- TOP7 Invisible
Earnings: The UK's Hidden Strength. This publication looks at
invisible earnings, examining how the UK fares in this important
but often overlooked area. Published: June 1996.
- TOP6 Received
Wisdom (Economic issues examined by the Panel of Independent Forecasters)
The articles in this occasional paper are the special topic sections
of reports submitted by the Panel of Independent Forecasters to
the Chancellor from 1993 to 1995. Published: January 1996.
- TOP5
Managing the Nation's economy - the conduct of monetary and fiscal
policy. A speech by Sir Terence Burns, the Treasury's Permanent
Secretary, at the Annual Lecture of the South Bank Business School,
South Bank University. Published: January 1996.
- TOP4 Public finances and the
cycle. (Summary.) This paper updates an earlier analysis published
in Treasury Bulletin (Vol 2 Issue 1 1990-91) on the effects of the
cycle on the public finances. Published: September 1995.
- TOP3 What has been happening
to pay in the Public Service sector of the British economy? Developments
over the period from 1970 to 1992. (Summary.) This paper examines
public sector pay trends in-depth. Published: July 1995.
- TOP2 Does Chinese experience
provide lessons for economic reform in Russia? (Summary.) This
paper considers what lessons for Russia are provided by the Chinese
experience of economic change. Published: October 1994.
- TOP1 Civil Service Staffing
1979-1994 (Summary.) This paper looks at Government policy,
Public and Civil Service employment, along with the work and structure
of the Civil Service. Published: October 1994.
information
Copies of the papers are available from:
The Public Enquiries Unit
HM Treasury
Room 110/2,
Treasury Chambers
Parliament Street,
London SW1P 3AG
Phone: 0171 270 4558
Fax: 0171 270 5244
Price: 2.50 pounds
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