03027nam 2200721Ia 450 991082929950332120200520144314.01-136-56077-71-136-56078-51-280-47510-297866104751001-84977-204-5600-00-0061-81-4175-8316-910.4324/9781849772044 (CKB)1000000000242752(EBL)429959(OCoLC)466434271(SSID)ssj0000206889(PQKBManifestationID)11184831(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000206889(PQKBWorkID)10235516(PQKB)10569789(OCoLC)647502167(MiAaPQ)EBC429959(Au-PeEL)EBL429959(CaPaEBR)ebr10128956(CaONFJC)MIL47510(OCoLC)58531145(EXLCZ)99100000000024275220040603d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMunicipalities and finance a sourcebook for capacity building /Ian Blore, Nick Devas, Richard Slater1st ed.London ;Sterling, VA Earthscan20041 online resource (190 p.)Municipal capacity building seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-37386-9 1-84407-140-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-174) and index.Introduction : a strategic framework for municipal capacity building in finance -- Diagnosing current capacity -- Focusing financial goals -- Enhancing tax revenues -- Exploiting charges -- Towards better budgeting -- Controlling costs -- Accounting reform -- Finance for investment -- Framework for action.Finance is a critical issue for municipal governments around the world, and a major constraint on the delivery of pro-poor services at the local level. In many countries, decentralisation has brought the issue of municipal finance to the fore. This sourcebook provides a framework for analysing municipal finance capacity and ways of addressing financial constraints.The ideas come from real-life innovative practice in four countries - India, Brazil, Kenya and Uganda - with additional examples from elsewhere. Emphasis is given to how those innovations and improvements were developed and sustainedMunicipal capacity building series.Municipal financeDeveloping countriesLocal financeDeveloping countriesMunicipal financeLocal finance352.4/216Blore Ian1683300Devas Nick251834Slater R. P1683301MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829299503321Municipalities and finance4053964UNINA