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  "title": "FY2021—Output Cost Estimates and Budget Outturn",
  "publication": "Policy Papers, October 29, 2021",
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      "content": "- Highlights from the FY 2021 budget are presented (detailed breakdowns and analysis are in the full paper).\n- Outputs are analyzed according to the Fund Thematic Categories.\n- Inputs to outputs are examined (staff hours, cost estimates, and related measures are implied by the focus on output cost estimates)."
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      "content": "- Budget planning and preparation\n- Capital spending\n- COVID-19\n- Expenditure\n- Health\n- Monetary policy\n- Political economy\n- Public financial management (PFM)\n- Total expenditures"
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      "content": "- agile response\n- Budget planning and preparation\n- Capital spending\n- Central Asia\n- COVID-19\n- fund Output\n- Global\n- output cost estimate\n- staff Hours\n- Total expenditures\n- transparency policy\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. Office of Budget and Planning \"FY2021—Output Cost Estimates and Budget Outturn\", Policy Papers 2021, 067 (2021), accessed 9/19/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513599731.007\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Policy Paper\n  - Policy Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Policy Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2021/10/25/fy2021-output-cost-estimates-and-budget-outturn-497994"
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    "Published: October 29, 2021",
    "Series: Policy Papers",
    "Volume: 2021",
    "Issue: 067",
    "Pages: 38",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513599731.007",
    "Stock No: PPEA2021067",
    "ISBN: 9781513599731",
    "ISSN: 2663-3493",
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