UID:
almafu_9958114503802883
Format:
x, 265 pages :
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illustrations ;
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28 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-37331-8
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9786610373314
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0-8213-6556-8
Series Statement:
WBI learning resources series
Content:
This book addresses a variety of issues relating to intergovernmental finance and the provision and financing of local services including budgeting and financial management, the institutional framework for the conduct of intergovernmental relations, appropriate methods of service delivery in metropolitan agglomerations and remote rural areas, local government enterprises, user charges, property taxes, income and value-added taxes, natural resource taxes, and local business taxes. Throughout, the authors draw on experience both in Canada and in other decentralized countries and consider to vary
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; 1. Introduction and Summary; Part I. The Structure of Intergovernmental Finance; 2. Revenues and Expenditures in an Intergovernmental Framework; 3. Budgeting, Financial Management, and Financial Markets in an Intergovernmental Context; 4. The Structures and Conduct of Intergovernmental Relations; 5. Fiscal Flows, Fiscal Balance, and Fiscal Sustainability; Part II. The Provision of Services; 6. Fiscal Aspects of Alternative Methods of Governing Large Metropolitan Areas; 7. Providing Public Services in Remote Areas; 8. Local Government Enterprises
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Part III. Revenues9. Local and Regional Revenues: Realities and Prospects; 10. Alternative Approaches to Taxing Land and Property; 11. Local Business Taxes; 12. Fiscal Federalism and the Taxation of Nonrenewable Resources
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6555-X
Language:
English
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-6555-7
