1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812654703321

Titolo

Improving municipal management for cities to succeed : : an IEG special study

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2009

ISBN

1-282-25971-7

9786612259715

0-8213-8044-3

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 103 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm

Disciplina

352.1609172/4

Soggetti

City planning - Developing countries

Municipal services - Developing countries

Municipal government - Developing countries

Municipal finance - Developing countries

Economic assistance - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Management Comments; Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE); 1 Managing Engines of Growth; 2 Bank Support for Better Municipal Management; Figure 2.1 MDP Trends, 1998-2008; Figure 2.2 MDPs across the Regions, 1998-2008; Table 2.1 Completed and Ongoing MDPs by Region, 1998-2008; Table 2.2 Completed MDPs with More Municipal Clients Perform Better; Box 2.1 Defining Features of Different MDP Approaches; Table 2.3 Completed MDPs: Performance by Region, 1998-2008

Table 2.4 Focus of Objectives of Completed and Ongoing MDPs, 1998-2008Table 2.5 Focus of Components of Completed and Ongoing MDPs, 1998-2008; 3 Better Municipal Planning; Table 3.1 Summary of MDP Results in Municipal Planning; 4 Stronger Municipal Finances; Table 4.1 Summary of MDP Results in Municipal Finance; 5 Managing Service Provision; Table 5.1 Summary of MDP Results in Service Provision; 6 Conclusions; Appendixes; Endnotes; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Cities now house half the world's population and produce 70 percent of



its GDP. Managing them well helps development. Strengthening municipal management of planning, finance, and service provision has been at the core of World Bank support through municipal development projects (MDPs). This book reviews how, worldwide, nearly 3,000 municipalities have benefitted from 190 World Bank-supported MDPs over the past decade, three quarters of which achieved satisfactory outcomes.The finance dimension of MDPs-computerized accounting, revenue generation, and municipal credit-produced some of the best r