Fiscal decentralization and local finance in developing countries : development from below

Contents: Preface -- Part I Why decentralization matters -- 1. Fiscal decentralization 101 -- 2. Has decentralization worked? -- Part II Decentralizing expenditures -- 3. Expenditure assignment and management -- 4. Decentralizing and financing infrastructure -- Part III Financing local government: the key to the puzzle -- 5. Financing local and regional government -- 6. Taxing land and property -- 7. Intergovernmental transfers -- Part IV Summing up -- 8. Financing metropolitan areas -- 9. Giving decentralization a chance -- References -- Index.