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.]

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2000, c1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (444 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Economic policy
• Altri autori: BurkiShahid Javed
• 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."
• Altri titoli varianti: Development in Latin America and the Caribbean; Decentralization and acountability of the public sector
• Titolo autorizzato: Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999
• ISBN: 1-280-09828-7; 9786610098286
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911149028903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. . -Proceedings.