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Perspectives on fiscal federalism

edited by Richard M. Bird and François Vaillancourt

(WBI learning resources series)

World Bank, c2006

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references

Contents of Works
  • Revenues and expenditures in an intergovernmental framework / Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Charles McLure, and François Vaillancourt
  • Budgeting, financial management, and financial markets in an intergovernmental context / François Vaillancourt
  • The structures and conduct of intergovernmental relations / Ronald H. Neumann and T. Russell Robinson
  • Fiscal flows, fiscal balance, and fiscal sustainability / Richard M. Bird
  • Fiscal aspects of alternative methods of governing large metropolitan areas / Enid Slack
  • Providing public services in remote areas / Harry Kitchen and Enid Slack
  • Local government enterprises / Harry Kitchen
  • Local and regional revenues : realities and prospects / Richard M. Bird
  • Alternative approaches to taxing land and property / Enid Slack
  • Local business taxes / Richard M. Bird
  • Fiscal federalism and the taxation of nonrenewable resources / Kenneth J. McKenzie
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Description

This book addresses a variety of issues relating to intergovernmental finance and the provision and financing of local services, including budgeting and financial management, the institutional framework for the conduct of intergovernmental relations, appropriate methods of service delivery in metropolitan agglomerations and remote rural areas, local government enterprises, user charges, property taxes, income and value-added taxes, natural resource taxes, and local business taxes. Throughout, the authors draw on experience both in Canada and in other decentralized countries and consider to varying extents the special problems facing Russia and other large transitional economies.

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