LEADER 00000nam 22003855i 4500 001 eep9781786435309 003 UtOrBLW 005 20180320080630.0 006 m o d 007 cr un||||||||| 008 171031s2018 mau ob 001 0 eng 020 9781786435309 (e-book) 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 d------ 050 4 JF60|b.B34 2018 100 1 Bahl, Roy W.,|eauthor. 245 10 Fiscal 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 Northampton, MA :|bEdward Elgar,|c2018. 300 1 online resource (512 pages). 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Contents: 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 As 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 Description based on print record. 650 0 Decentralization in government|zDeveloping countries. 655 0 Electronic books. 700 1 Bird, Richard M.|q(Richard Miller),|d1938-|eauthor. 710 2 Edward Elgar Publishing,|epublisher. 776 1 |z9781786435293 (hardback) 830 0 Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance. 856 40 |uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781786435293/ 9781786435293.xml