1st Edition
Municipalities and Finance A Sourcebook for Capacity Building
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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Finance is a critical issue for municipal governments around the world, and a major constraint on the delivery of pro-poor services at the local level. In many countries, decentralisation has brought the issue of municipal finance to the fore. This sourcebook provides a framework for analysing municipal finance capacity and ways of addressing financial constraints.
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Foreword by Janelle Plummer * Preface * A Strategic Framework for Municipal Capacity Building in Finance * Part 1: Strategies for Capacity Building - Diagnosing Current Capacity * Focusing Financial Goals * Part 2: Mobilising More Money - Enhancing Tax Revenues * Exploiting Charges * Part 3: Spending Money Better - Towards Better Budgeting * Controlling Costs * Part 4: Sustaining Improvements - Accounting Reform * Finance for Investment * Framework for Action * Annexe: Background to the Case Studies * References * Index
Biography
Ian Blore is a development economist with 25 years' experience in urban development and municipal management research. Nick Devas is Director of the International Development Department of the School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham. Richard Slater is Senior Governance and Institutional Development Consultant at GHK International.
