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050		4	_aJF60 _b.B34 2018
100	1		_aBahl, Roy W., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFiscal decentralization and local finance in developing countries / _cRoy Bahl (Professor Emeritus, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US and Professor Extraordinarius, University of Pretoria, South Africa), and Richard M. Bird (Professor Emeritus, Rotman School of Management and Senior Fellow, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada).
264		1	_bEdward Elgar,
300			_a1 online resource (512 pages).
490	1		_aStudies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aContents: Preface -- Part I Why decentralization matters -- 1. Fiscal decentralization 101 -- 2. Has decentralization worked? -- Part II Decentralizing expenditures -- 3. Expenditure assignment and management -- 4. Decentralizing and financing infrastructure -- Part III Financing local government: the key to the puzzle -- 5. Financing local and regional government -- 6. Taxing land and property -- 7. Intergovernmental transfers -- Part IV Summing up -- 8. Financing metropolitan areas -- 9. Giving decentralization a chance -- References -- Index.
520			_aAs experience with decentralization has accumulated, perceptions of both the problems that often accompany decentralization and the best ways to deal with them have evolved. 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. There is no simple or single way to get decentralization right. To be successful, scholars of fiscal decentralization must pay close attention to the unique political, economic, and institutional context and objectives in each country. The authors focus 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. Bahl and Bird have created a valuable resource for scholars, students, and practitioners from economics, public administration and management, planning, policy analysis, and political science.
588			_aDescription based on print record.
650		0	_aDecentralization in government _zDeveloping countries.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aBird, Richard M. _q(Richard Miller), _d1938- _eauthor.
710	2		_aEdward Elgar Publishing, _epublisher.
776	1		_z9781786435293 (hardback)
830		0	_aStudies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781786435293/9781786435293.xml
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