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Municipal finances : a handbook for local governments
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The Municipal Finance Handbook aims to help local government practitioners, particularly staff of medium and large cities, improve strategic management of municipal finances. The demands for pragma...
The Municipal Finance Handbook aims to help local government practitioners, particularly staff of medium and large cities, improve strategic management of municipal finances. The demands for pragmatic knowledge are fueled in part by decentralization and fiscal pressures, as transfer of responsibilities from central to local governments are not often accompanied with an adequate transfer of resources. Practitioners seek ideas and tools to control expenditures, strengthen revenues, as well as to tap large external funds, achieve creditworthiness, and adopt good borrowing practices. Advocating so
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- Creator
- edited by Catherine Farvacque-Vitkovic and Mihaly Kopanyi
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2013
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780821399149, 0821399144, 082139830X
- OCLC
- ocn883870489
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; Key Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1. Intergovernmental Finances in a Decentralized World; Boxes; 1.1 Political Economy of Decentralization Reform: Nepal; 1.2 Poland: Political Decentralization in a Multitier System; 1.3 Egypt: Deconcentration with Limited Authority; 1.4 Bosnia-Herzegovina Confederalism; 1.5 Nation Building by Means of Decentralization in Sudan and South Sudan; Tables; 1.1 Vertical Imbalances in Pakistan; 1.2 Classification of Forms of Intergovernmental Transfers; 1.6 Intergovernmental Transfers
- 1.3 Shared Revenues (Taxes) in South East Europe CountriesFigures; 1.1 Results Chain in Education; 1.7 Formulas for Fiscal Transfers-South Africa and Saudi Arabia; 1.8 Minimum Conditions Performance Measurement; 1.4 Selected Output Indicators Applied to Performance-Based Grants; 1.9 Objectives of Municipal Contracts; 1.10 The Process of Municipal Contracts; 1.11 Municipal Contracts: Some Examples of Best Practice; Chapter 2. Metropolitan Governance and Finance; 2.1 Terms Related to Metropolitan Areas; 2.1 Monocentric Structure; 2.2 Sprawl; 2.3 Polycentric Structure
- 2.2 The Emergence of the Tbilisi Corridor2.4 Multipolar Structure; Maps; B2.2.1 Tbilisi Metropolitan Area; 2.1 Economic Densities (""Economic Mountains"") in Parts of the World; 2.2 East Africa with Population Density; 2.3 Risks and Missed Opportunities Due to Lack of Metropolitan Governance; 2.4 Questions to Ask When Reviewing the Governance Structure of a Metropolitan Area; 2.1 Advantages and Disadvantages of the Various Metropolitan Governance Models; 2.5 Common Financial Reasons for Regional Cooperation or Establishing Regional Service Entities; 2.6 The Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project
- 2.2 Horizontal Coordination among Local Governments2.7 The U.S. Association of Contract Cities; 2.3 Types of Regional Authorities; 2.8 Solid Waste Management in Shanghai Municipality; 2.4 Characteristics of Regional (Metropolitan) Authorities; 2.9 The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments; 2.5 Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Financial Snapshot 2010; 2.10 São Paulo ABC Region; B2.10.1 São Paulo Metropolitan Region; 2.6 London Development Agency Financial Snapshot 2010-11; 2.7 Financial Snapshot of Delhi Development Authority
- 2.3 Grand Lyon, with Lyon City in the Center, Surrounded by 57 Suburbs2.8 Metropolitan-Level Government; 2.11 Metropolitan Governance System in Dar es Salaam; B2.11.1 Dar es Salaam Metro Region; B2.11.1 Transfers to Local Governments in Dar es Salaam Metro Region 2009/10; 2.12 Toronto: Evolution from a One-Level System to Two Levels, and Back to a One-Level System; 2.13 London: Evolution from a Two-Level System to a Single Level and Back to a Two-Level System; 2.14 Abidjan: Evolution from a Two-Level Local Government to a Regional Government; B2.14.1 The 10 Communes of Abidjan
- 2.15 Formation of the Portland Metro Government