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Financing metropolitan governments in developing countries / edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, Deborah L. Wetzel.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Municipal finance--Developing countries.
- Municipal finance.
- Finance, Public--Developing countries.
- Finance, Public.
- Local taxation--Developing countries.
- Local taxation.
- Municipal government--Developing countries.
- Municipal government.
- Municipal finance--Developing countries--Case studies.
- Finance, Public--Developing countries--Case studies.
- Local taxation--Developing countries--Case studies.
- Municipal government--Developing countries--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (450 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work uses case studies of urban financing mechanisms in China, India, and Brazil tohelp decision makers in developing countries address the challenges of rapid metropolitangrowth. The report includes policy recommendations and explores the effective useof metropolitan revenue instruments, intergovernmental transfers, public-privatepartnerships, and more.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Chapter 1: Governing and Financing Metropolitan Areas in the Developing World""; ""Chapter 2: Metropolitan Cities""; ""Chapter 3: Metropolitan Cities in the National Fiscal and Institutional Structure ""; ""Chapter 4: The Decentralization of Governance in Metropolitan Areas""; ""Chapter 5: Institutions and Politics of Metropolitan Management""; ""Chapter 6: Metropolitan Public Finance An Overview""; ""Chapter 7: Property Taxes in Metropolitan Cities""; ""Chapter 8: Local Non-property Revenues""
- ""Chapter 9: Grant Financing of Metropolitan Areas A Review of Principles and Worldwide Practices""""Chapter 10: Metropolitan Public Finances The Case of Mumbai""; ""Chapter 11: Paying for Urbanization in China Challenges of Municipal Finance in the Twenty-First Century""; ""Chapter 12: Metropolitan Governance and Finance in Sao Paulo""; ""Chapter 13: Metropolitan Infrastructure and Capital Finance""; ""Chapter 14: Slum Upgrading""; ""Chapter 15: External Assistance for Urban Finance Development Needs, Strategies, and Implementation""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-55844-283-9
- OCLC:
- 929118943
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