1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817532803321

Titolo

Financing metropolitan governments in developing countries / / edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, Deborah L. Wetzel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2013

ISBN

1-55844-283-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (450 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BahlRoy W

LinnJohannes F

WetzelDeborah L

Disciplina

352.4/216091724

Soggetti

Municipal finance - Developing countries

Finance, Public - Developing countries

Local taxation - Developing countries

Municipal government - 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

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.