
Municipalities and Finance
A Sourcebook for Capacity Building
Nick Devas(Author)
Earthscan Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-84407-140-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
The ideas come from real-life innovative practice in four countries - India, Brazil, Kenya and Uganda - with additional examples from elsewhere. Emphasis is given to how those innovations and improvements were developed and sustained. The book identifies a strategic framework for diagnosing municipal finance capacity and focusing financial goals. It applies the analysis to a number of critical areas of municipal finance including local taxes, charges for services, budgeting, cost control, accounting reforms and investment finance.
This is the third in a series of capacity-building sourcebooks that includes Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity Building in Public-Private Partnerships and Municipalities and Community Participation: A Sourcebook for Capacity Building.
The ideas come from real-life innovative practice in four countries - India, Brazil, Kenya and Uganda - with additional examples from elsewhere. Emphasis is given to how those innovations and improvements were developed and sustained. The book identifies a strategic framework for diagnosing municipal finance capacity and focusing financial goals. It applies the analysis to a number of critical areas of municipal finance including local taxes, charges for services, budgeting, cost control, accounting reforms and investment finance.
This is the third in a series of capacity-building sourcebooks that includes Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity Building in Public-Private Partnerships and Municipalities and Community Participation: A Sourcebook for Capacity Building.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
566 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84407-140-1 (9781844071401)
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Nick Devas | Ian Blore | Richard Slater
Municipalities and Finance
A Sourcebook for Capacity Building
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Nick Devas | Ian Blore | Richard Slater
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A Sourcebook for Capacity Building
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Nick Devas | Ian Blore | Richard Slater
Municipalities and Finance
A Sourcebook for Capacity Building
E-Book
06/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€104.99
Available for download
Persons
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.
Content
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