Fiscal Decentralization and Local Finance in Developing Countries

Roy Bahl () and Richard Bird

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Abstract: This book draws on experiences in developing countries to bridge the gap between the conventional textbook treatment of fiscal decentralization and the actual practice of subnational government finance. The extensive literature about the theory and practice is surveyed and longstanding problems and new questions are addressed. It focuses on the key choices that must be made in decentralizing, on how economic and political factors shape the choices that countries make, and on how, by paying more attention to the need for a more comprehensive approach and the critical connections between different components of decentralization reform, everyone involved might get more for their money.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
ISBN: 9781786435293
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Fiscal decentralization 101 , pp 3-35

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Ch 2 Has decentralization worked? , pp 36-70

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Ch 3 Expenditure assignment and management , pp 73-120

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Ch 4 Decentralizing and financing infrastructure , pp 121-164

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Ch 5 Financing local and regional government , pp 167-226

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Ch 6 Taxing land and property , pp 227-278

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Ch 7 Intergovernmental transfers , pp 279-338

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Ch 8 Financing metropolitan areas , pp 341-393

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Ch 9 Giving decentralization a chance , pp 394-421

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