Local government : an international perspective

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Local government : an international perspective

edited by Jeffrey Owens, Giorgio Panella

North-Holland , Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1991

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"A selection of the papers and communications presented at a conference on Local Government Finance held in Pavia, Italy, on 29th-30th May 1989"--Pref

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Description

The papers in this book provide a review of the ways in which lower levels of government are financed and their expenditure functions. The book takes the form of an international overview of local government in roughly half the OECD area and continues with a series of country papers which describe - mainly from the point of view of senior government officials - the issues that are preoccupying governments at the present time. This is the first time that an international perspective is available in this area and is also the first time that senior policymakers have been prepared to set out their views on the ways in which the role of local government is evolving. The material is important not only because it has previously not been available, but also because it can provide an international perspective to the debate currently underway in most European countries of how to reconcile the need to decentralise government with the desire to ensure that the objectives of central government (social, economic, and political) are nevertheless met.

Table of Contents

The Rationale for Decentralisation. The Role of Lower Levels of Government: The Experience of Selected OECD Countries (J. Owens, J. Norregaard). Reasons for the Decentralisation of Government (S. Smith). The Financing of Local Government: An Overview. The Challenge of Policy Compatibility and Local Finances: A Discussion with Reference to the Italian Situation and the 1993 Objective (C. Imbriani, P. Roberti). Financing Local Government in OECD Countries: The Role of Local Taxes and User Charges (R.M. Bird, E. Slack). The Choice between Different Sources of Finance (N. Tatsos). Local Government Finance: The Need for Resource Diversification (G. Panella). Financing Local Government in the United States (J. Kincaid). The Financing of Local Government: Grants and Equalisation Policies. Grants as a Source of Local Government Finance (D. King). Local Government Financing and Equalisation Policies in Italy (M. Mare', V. Visco Comandini). Towards a Revision of the Theory of Fiscal Federalism? (M. Rey). Controlling Local Government. Controlling Local Government: The Italian Experience (A. Fraschini, F. Osculati). Control of Local Government. The Experience of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom (J. Lotz). The Instruments for Financial Control of Local Governments in The Netherlands (G.J. Uhl). List of Participants.

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