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020			_a9781786435293
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a658.402 _bB147f
100			_aBahl, Roy
245			_aFiscal decentralization and local finance in developing countries _bdevelopment from below _cRoy Bahl and Richard M. Bird
260			_aCheltenham _bEdward Elgar _c2018
300			_aviii, 501p
440			_aStudies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance / edited by Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
520			_aAs experience with decentralization has accumulated, perceptions of both the problems that often accompany decentralization and the best ways to deal with them have evolved. This book draws on experiences in developing countries to bridge the gap between the conventional textbook treatment of fiscal decentralization and the actual practice of subnational government finance. The extensive literature about the theory and practice is surveyed, and longstanding problems and new questions are addressed. There is no simple or single way to get decentralization right. To be successful, scholars of fiscal decentralization must pay close attention to the unique political, economic, and institutional context and objectives in each country. The authors focus on the key choices that must be made in decentralizing, on how economic and political factors shape the choices that countries make, and on how, by paying more attention to the need for a more comprehensive approach and the critical connections between different components of decentralization reform, everyone involved might get more for their money. Bahl and Bird have created a valuable resource for scholars, students, and practitioners from economics, public administration and management, planning, policy analysis, and political science.
650			_aFiscal decentralization -- Developing countries
650			_aState local finance
700			_aBird, Richard M.
942			_cBK
999			_c559838 _d559838