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Record Nr.

UNINA9911149028903321

Titolo

Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999 : decentralization and accountability of the public sector : proceedings of a conference held in San Salvador, El Salvador / / edited by Shahid Javed Burki ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2000, c1999

ISBN

1-280-09828-7

9786610098286

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (444 pages)

Collana

World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. Proceedings

Altri autori (Persone)

BurkiShahid Javed

Soggetti

Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Work in progress for public discussion"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- From Globalization to Localization -- The Political Context of Decentralization in Latin America -- The Politics of Decentralization in Latin America -- The Participation-Accountability Nexus and Decentralization in Latin America -- Macroeconomic Management in Decentralized Democracies: The Quest for Hard Budget Constraints in Latin America -- Transfers and Incentives in Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations -- An 'Incomplete-Contracts' Approach to Intergovernmental Transfer Systems in Latin America -- Governance and Incentives in the Public Hospital Sector -- Equity and the Decentralization of Social Services -- Education Decentralization in Latin America: The Effects on the Quality of Schooling -- Decentralization in the Health Sector: The Spanish Example -- Decentralization of Health Services in Latin American Countries: Issues and Some Lessons -- Decentralized Environmental Management -- Effective Decentralization of Roads: Lessons from the Latin American Experience -- Decentralization and Municipal Solid Waste Management: Lessons from a Decade of World Bank Lending -- Subnational Revenues: Realities and Prospects -- Subnational Taxation and Treatment of Interstate Trade in Brazil: Problems and a Proposed Solution -- Local Taxes: Lessons Learned on the Implementation of Real Property Tax -- Subnational Governments and Credit Markets:



Selected Cases -- Financial Resources of European Local Governments: Budgetary Structures and Borrowings -- About Transparency in Local Management -- Closing Panel Challenges of Decentralization: Accountability, Efficiency, Equity, and Financial Soundness.

Sommario/riassunto

This report is the proceedings of the fifth Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, held on June 20-22, 1999, in Valdivia, Chile. The conference is now generally referred to as ABCD-LAC. The theme of the conference is entitled "Decentralization and Accountability of the Public Sector."