In Western democracies, systems of checks and balances built into government structures have formed the core of good governance, and have helped empower citizens for more than two hundred years. Many developing countries, however, continue to suffer from unsatisfactory and often dysfunctional...

The purpose of this sourcebook is to enrich and inform the dialog on intergovernmental finance issues in Central and Eastern Europe. The sourcebook facilitates direct access to the wealth of knowledge and information on intergovernmental finance issues in Central and Eastern Europe by providing...

This book addresses a variety of issues relating to intergovernmental finance and the provision and financing of local services including budgeting and financial management, the institutional framework for the conduct of intergovernmental relations, appropriate methods of service delivery in...