Domestic Revenue Mobilization: Institutional Challenges in Ghana’s Decentralization System

Akwasi Agyapong (), Francis N. Sanyare () and Emmanuel A. Wedam ()
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Akwasi Agyapong: Arts Department of Salaga
Francis N. Sanyare: Department of Development Studies, Simon Deidong University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD UBIDS)
Emmanuel A. Wedam: Department of Development Studies, Simon Deidong University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD UBIDS)

A chapter in Democratic Decentralization, Local Governance and Sustainable Development, 2022, pp 155-171 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract To ensure effectiveness at the local level, financial responsibility was made a core component of decentralization in Ghana based on the recognition that fiscal autonomy of local government is associated with higher output per unit of labour and higher steady state growth (Brueckner, 2006). Fiscal decentralization was to equip local authorities to provide social amenities including education, markets, water, health services and roads. It was also to boost the local industries that will in effect generate employment for the people. The economic objectives for government are fundamentally three: assuring a stable economic environment in which the market is able to function; achieving a more equitable distribution of income and assuring a more efficient allocation of resources in case the market fails (Musgrave, The theory of public finance, 1959). This chapter examines resource mobilization challenge subverting responsive local governance and sustainable development in Ghana.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-12378-8_9

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