Fiscal federalism
Subtitle: principles and practices in decentralized governance
By: Robin Boadway, Anwar Shah.
Contributors: Shah, Anwar.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 620
ISBN-13: 9780521518215; 9780521732116
Subjects: Intergovernmental fiscal relations; Fiscal policy; Decentralization in government; Revenue sharing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to federalism and the role of governments in federal economies; title: The decentralization of government authority; title: Expenditure assignment; title: Revenue assignment; title: Natural resources ownership and management in a federal system; title: Local governance in theory; title: Local governance in practice; title: Revenue sharing; title: The principles of intergovernmental transfers; title: The practice of intergovernmental fiscal transfers; title: Finance and provision of health and education; title: Finance and provision of infrastructure; title: Poverty alleviation in federations; title: Fiscal federalism and macroeconomic governance; title: Inter-regional competition and policies for regional cohesion and convergence; title: Decentralized governance and corruption; title: Adapting to a changing world.