Financing Local Government: Commonwealth Secretariat Local Government Reform Series: 1 - Softcover

Devas, Nick

 
9780850928532: Financing Local Government: Commonwealth Secretariat Local Government Reform Series: 1
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0850928532 ISBN 13: 9780850928532
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2008

Synopsis

Explores how fiscal decentralisation takes place alongside administrative decentralisation. This book considers the revenue sources available, systems of intergovernmental transfers between central and local government, and the procedures necessary to ensure that local governments use their financial resources appropriately.

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About the Author

Nick Devas is Director of the International Development Department, School of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, UK. Munawwar Alam is Adviser on Sub-National Government and Administration in the Governance and Institutional Development Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat. Simon Delay is a consultant and lecturer at the School of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, UK. Roger Oppong Koranteng is senior lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Accra, Ghana. Pritha Venkatachalam is a financial specialist and senior consultant at Cambridge Economic Policy Associates, UK.

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Publisher
Commonwealth Secretariat
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0850928532
ISBN 13 
9780850928532
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
164