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Political economy in Federal States : selected essays of Stanley L. Winer.
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ISBN: 1840647817 Year: 2002 Publisher: Cheltenham Elgar

Fiscal Equalization : Challenges in the Design of Intergovernmental Transfers
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ISBN: 1280901489 9786610901487 0387489886 0387489878 1441943145 9780387489872 Year: 2007 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer,

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These original essays highlight the state of knowledge in intergovernmental transfer design. They represent creative new thinking about challenging policy issues and offer useful options for policy makers. Five specific themes are covered in separate sections. They include: The fundamental nature and objectives of equalization grants and their consequences on efficiency and equity; The appropriate institutional setting for the design and implementation of equalization grant systems; The challenges in the design of formulas with limited data availability for recurrent and capital purposes; The coordination of equalization grants with other related policies; The political economy behind equalization transfers. "There is a genuine need for this book; it will become a 'benchmark' reference. I am impressed with its content, organization, readability, and fresh thematic approach." Robert D. Ebel, The World Bank .

Fiscal Design Surveys across Levels of Government
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ISBN: 1280082801 9786610082803 926419553X 9789264195530 9264195351 Year: 2002 Volume: 7 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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The relationship between different levels of government is one that is continually under review. Policy-makers ensure the expenditure and revenue functions of each tier of government with a view to balancing efficiency, equity and democratic considerations. Over the last decade, the tendency in a number of countries has been to decentralise both expenditure and revenue functions to lower levels of government. Greater autonomy in raising revenues has been given to intermediate and local levels of government. Setting up of local fiscal systems and intergovernmental financial relations involves multiple and often conflicting economic and political objectives. Practically, it is one of the most complex reform processes in the area of public finance and one that is permanently on the political agenda of both OECD countries and economies in transition. Yet there is no international, comparative set of information available to support this process. The international comparable statistics on revenue of local autonomy and the design of national fiscal control are either lacking or insufficient. This study summarises the overall substantial and methodological framework of a project on fiscal design, which has been carried with the OECD. The results and comparative findings of the OECD Fiscal Design surveys are reported too. The surveys took place in six countries in Central and Eastern Europe: three OECD Member countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, and the three Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.


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Intergovernmental fiscal transfers : principles and practice
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ISBN: 1280654279 9786610654277 0821364936 0821364928 Year: 2007 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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The design of intergovernmental fiscal transfers has a strong bearing on efficiency and equity of public service provision and accountable local governance. This book provides a comprehensive one-stop window/source of materials to guide practitioners and scholars on design and worldwide practices in intergovernmental fiscal transfers and their implications for efficiency, and equity in public services provision as well as accountable governance.


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Régime juridique des relations entre les operateurs économiques et les organismes d'exécution du droit communautaire : rapport de synthèse
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ISBN: 9282548775 Year: 1984 Publisher: Luxembourg Office des publications officielles des Communautés européennes


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Autonomy in subnational income taxes : evolving powers, existing practices in seven countries
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ISBN: 129939485X 0773588094 9780773588097 0773538798 9780773538795 9780773538801 0773538801 9788497259835 Year: 2013 Publisher: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press,


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Social sector in a decentralised economy : India in the era of globalisation
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ISBN: 110710856X 1316675033 1316674673 1316674851 1316675211 1316258076 1316674312 1316674134 Year: 2016 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book is an analytical examination of financing and public service delivery challenges in a decentralized framework. It also provides critical insights into the effectiveness of public expenditure, through benefit incidence analysis of education and healthcare services in India. The benefits of decentralization always come with conflicts and trade-offs. By unpacking the process of decentralization, the authors identify that 'unfunded mandates', arising from the asymmetry between finances and functions at local levels, are a major challenge. The analysis is carried out by distilling the existing studies in this area, and through an empirical investigation of public finance data at different public sector levels in India, as well as in some selected developing countries. Using the household survey statistics of consumption expenditure, an analysis of utilization or benefit incidence of public spending on social sectors in India is achieved, covering education and health sectors.

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