While vital for the recipients, these reforms will not plug India's public finances by themselves.
Mr Peña wants to hit gangsters' finances by shrinking the informal economy.
A shrinking economy increases the strain on government finances by reducing revenue.
Greece wrecked its finances by overspending, undertaxing and falsely reporting its budget numbers.
The LGA foresees a £2bn hole in council finances by 2020.
Unite yesterday released an analysis of Grangemouth's finances by tax consultant Richard Murphy.
In the last year the Corcoran has been trying to shore up its finances by selling off real estate.
The impact of the crisis was the peacetime equivalent of the devastation wreaked on public sector finances by war itself.
Quite how hard earned becomes clear from this week's detailed review of football finances by the Guardian newspaper.
And it means showing due determination to take hold of the country's public finances by collecting taxes and controlling spending.
But economic management is his strongest suit.Mr Brown's control of the public finances, by contrast, has not been sensible.
