
Financing Cities
Fiscal Responsibility and Urban Infrastructure in Brazil, China, India, Poland and South Africa
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 4. April 2007
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-7619-3564-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book highlights the need to boost infrastructure investment in cities as also the necessity for fiscal management across all levels of government-within the context of decentralizing service delivery responsibilities. The volume provides case studies reflecting various viewpoints and a range of success and failure stories from five countries. The topics covered include:
- Impact of political and fiscal decentralization
- Limitations on borrowing
- Managing moral hazard
- The role of the financial sector in striking a balance between controls and encouraging the local government to maintain fiscal discipline
- Impact of political and fiscal decentralization
- Limitations on borrowing
- Managing moral hazard
- The role of the financial sector in striking a balance between controls and encouraging the local government to maintain fiscal discipline
Reviews / Votes
The volume brings out several infrastructure financing options based on country experiences and new possibilities...The book is interesting not only in terms of wide country experiences but also the rich policy options it has unravelled both from successes and failures. -- Margin-The Journal of Applied Economic Research The book has been solely written...to motivate countries and cities to think about mobilising resources for capital investments from private and banking sector to boost infrastructure development. -- Economic & Political Weekly This book provides a dispassionate account of the apathy, disinterest and decay of finances and governance of urban India.... Amid all this negativism, is there hope? The answer is a considered "yes". And that is why this book is a "must read" for all urban aficionados. Data, case studies and illustrations of positive energy to get the urban show going from countries as diverse as Brazil, China, Poland and South Africa provide lessons for India. -- The Business Standard It is a good reference book for academics, consultants and financial experts interested in the field of financing urban infrastructure. -- The Hindu It is a must read for those working in the fields of urban planning, public finance, policy makers and researchers. -- Sahara TimesMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-3564-3 (9780761935643)
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Content
PART I: INTRODUCTION - Patricia Clarke Annez
Fiscal Responsibility Legislation and Fiscal Adjustment - Luis de Mello
The Case of Brazilian Local Governments
China - Ming Su and Quanhou Zhao
Fiscal Framework and Urban Infrastructure Finance
Mobilizing Urban Infrastructure Finance in a Responsible Fiscal Framework - Subhash Chandra Garg
The Case of India
Infrastructure Development in Poland - Krzysztof Ners
The Issues at Stake
Mobilizing Urban Infrastructure Finance within a Responsible Fiscal Framework - Philip van Ryneveld
The South African Case
PART II: MOBILIZING LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE - George E. Peterson
Urban Infrastructure Investment and Financing in Shanghai - Gao Guo Fu
Mobilizing Financing for Urban Sanitation Infrastructure in Brazil - Aser Cortines and Sandra Bondarovsky
Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund: Public-Private Partnership in an Infrastructure Finance Intermediary - L. Krishnan
Inca - Johan Kruger and George E. Peterson
A South African Private-sector Intermediary
Land Leasing and Land Sale - George E. Peterson
As an Infrastructure Financing Option
Urban Infrastructure Finance from Private Operators - Patricia Clarke Annez
What Have We Learned from Recent Experience?
Fiscal Responsibility Legislation and Fiscal Adjustment - Luis de Mello
The Case of Brazilian Local Governments
China - Ming Su and Quanhou Zhao
Fiscal Framework and Urban Infrastructure Finance
Mobilizing Urban Infrastructure Finance in a Responsible Fiscal Framework - Subhash Chandra Garg
The Case of India
Infrastructure Development in Poland - Krzysztof Ners
The Issues at Stake
Mobilizing Urban Infrastructure Finance within a Responsible Fiscal Framework - Philip van Ryneveld
The South African Case
PART II: MOBILIZING LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE - George E. Peterson
Urban Infrastructure Investment and Financing in Shanghai - Gao Guo Fu
Mobilizing Financing for Urban Sanitation Infrastructure in Brazil - Aser Cortines and Sandra Bondarovsky
Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund: Public-Private Partnership in an Infrastructure Finance Intermediary - L. Krishnan
Inca - Johan Kruger and George E. Peterson
A South African Private-sector Intermediary
Land Leasing and Land Sale - George E. Peterson
As an Infrastructure Financing Option
Urban Infrastructure Finance from Private Operators - Patricia Clarke Annez
What Have We Learned from Recent Experience?