The role and challenges of intergovernmental transfers in Asia / Yun-Hwan Kim and Paul Smoke -- Intergovernmental fiscal transfers / Larry Schroeder and Paul Smoke -- Cambodia / Leonardo G. Romeo -- India / D.K. Srivastava -- Indonesia / Blane D. Lewis -- Pakistan / Nuzhat Ahmad and Syed Ashraf...

Government entities in India hold large amounts of public land. Their landholdings include some of the most valuable property in the country. Parts of this patrimony lie vacant or underutilized. Public sector bodies also own large blocs of land that sometimes stand in the way of efficient...

Despite strong economic growth, investment in basic urban infrastructure-water supply, wastewater removal and treatment, roads, and other capital-intensive systems-has failed to keep pace with urban growth, leaving a critical urban infrastructure deficit. At the same time, urban lands in these...

In this paper we examine whether Brazil, Russia and India have similar financing patterns to those observed globally. We assess how national health allocations compare with epidemiological estimates for burden of disease. We identify the major causes of burden of disease in each country, as well...

This book, Financing cities, emphasized case studies on different topics to look at the interactions of a range of variables and factors and to see how they fit together. Rather than require each case to follow the same format, the authors have structured their papers around the issues that...

Government entities in India hold large amounts of public land. Their landholdings include some of the most valuable property in the country. Parts of this patrimony lie vacant or underutilized. Public sector bodies also own large blocs of land that sometimes stand in the way of efficient...

Despite strong economic growth, investment in basic urban infrastructure -- water supply, wastewater removal and treatment, roads, and other capital-intensive systems -- has failed to keep pace with urban growth, leaving a critical urban infrastructure deficit. At the same time, urban lands in...