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Evaluation in recent decades has evolved from a tool for project
appraisals to a more widely used framework for public
decision-making and operational management. Most evaluation books
are focused on traditional tools of analysis such as
cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis to the neglect of
modern tools such as multi-criteria evaluation, social marginal
cost of funds analysis, data envelopment analysis, results-oriented
management and evaluation and theory based evaluations. This edited
volume provides an easily accessible and comprehensive survey of
both traditional and modern tools of analysis that are used in the
evaluation literature to evaluate public projects, programs,
policies and policy analysis and advice. The book will be of
interest to students, scholars, researchers, practitioners and
policy makers.
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of traditional as well
as newer topics in local public, fiscal and financial management
principles and practices. It covers traditional topics of local
public management, local revenue administration with special
emphasis on property tax administration, local budgeting and
accounting, and methods of capital finance. Newer topics covered
include political economy of local government, fiscal rules for
local fiscal discipline, local government integrity and performance
accountability, and municipal mergers and inter-municipal
cooperation based upon relative importance and political, fiscal
and administrative autonomy of local governments. The treatment is
non-technical and suitable for a wide variety of audiences
including scholars, instructors, students, policy advisors, and
practitioners.
Evaluation in recent decades has evolved from a tool for project
appraisals to a more widely used framework for public
decision-making and operational management. Most evaluation books
are focused on traditional tools of analysis such as
cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis to the neglect of
modern tools such as multi-criteria evaluation, social marginal
cost of funds analysis, data envelopment analysis, results-oriented
management and evaluation and theory based evaluations. This edited
volume provides an easily accessible and comprehensive survey of
both traditional and modern tools of analysis that are used in the
evaluation literature to evaluate public projects, programs,
policies and policy analysis and advice. The book will be of
interest to students, scholars, researchers, practitioners and
policy makers.
This book reviews taxing choices to protect the local and global
environment and preserve and sustain natural resources. Alternative
economic instruments such as carbon taxes and tradable permits to
combat global climate change are also examined. Strategies and
practices for the managing and sharing of revenues from natural
resources are highlighted. Also, roles of various orders of
government in managing, taxing, and sharing natural resources in
selected countries are documented to highlight the impact of such
division of responsibilities in preserving natural resources and
the environment. The susceptibility of resource revenue dependent
economies to corruption and malfeasance, and the Dutch disease, is
also highlighted. This book could serve as a supplementary
reference book for graduate and undergraduate courses and as a
sourcebook for journalists, researchers, policymakers, and
government practitioners.
Globalization and the information revolution have highlighted the
catalytic role of local governments for improving economic and
social outcomes at the local level as well as growing the national
economy by enhancing international competitiveness. This
comprehensive account of local public finance and economics brings
together principles and better practices for improving quality and
access of local public services provision. The volume covers
assignment of responsibilities; jurisdictional design; local
service delivery; local regulation; local self-financing options
such as income, sales, property and environmental taxation, user
charges and fees; infrastructure finance options; and higher order
government financing of local governments. The treatment is
non-technical and suitable for a wide variety of audiences
including scholars, instructors, students, media, policy advisers
and practitioners.
Globalization and the information revolution have highlighted the
catalytic role of local governments for improving economic and
social outcomes at the local level as well as growing the national
economy by enhancing international competitiveness. This
comprehensive account of local public finance and economics brings
together principles and better practices for improving quality and
access of local public services provision. The volume covers
assignment of responsibilities; jurisdictional design; local
service delivery; local regulation; local self-financing options
such as income, sales, property and environmental taxation, user
charges and fees; infrastructure finance options; and higher order
government financing of local governments. The treatment is
non-technical and suitable for a wide variety of audiences
including scholars, instructors, students, media, policy advisers
and practitioners.
This book provides a new institutional economics perspective on
alternative models of local governance, offering a comprehensive
view of local government organization and finance in the developing
world. The experiences of ten developing/transition economies are
reviewed to draw lessons of general interest in strengthening
responsive, responsible, and accountable local governance. The book
is written in simple user friendly language to facilitate a wider
readership by policy makers and practitioners in addition to
students and scholars of public finance, economics and politics.
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of traditional as well
as newer topics in local public, fiscal and financial management
principles and practices. It covers traditional topics of local
public management, local revenue administration with special
emphasis on property tax administration, local budgeting and
accounting, and methods of capital finance. Newer topics covered
include political economy of local government, fiscal rules for
local fiscal discipline, local government integrity and performance
accountability, and municipal mergers and inter-municipal
cooperation based upon relative importance and political, fiscal
and administrative autonomy of local governments. The treatment is
non-technical and suitable for a wide variety of audiences
including scholars, instructors, students, policy advisors, and
practitioners.
Performance based oversight and accountability can serve as an
important antidote to government corruption, inefficiency, and
waste. This volume provides an analytical framework and operational
approaches needed for the implementation of results-based
accountability. The volume makes a major contribution to the
literature on public management and evaluation. Major subject areas
covered in this book include: performance based accountability,
e-government, network solutions to performance measurement and
improvement; institutions of accountability in governance; legal
and institutional framework to hold government to account; fighting
corruption; external accountability; ensuring integrity of revenue
administration; the role of supreme audit institutions on detecting
fraud and corruption; and the role of parliamentary budget offices
and public accounts committees.
Transparent and prudent local financial management has come to be
recognized as critical to the integrity of local public sector and
to gaining and retaining trust of local residents. Such integrity
and trust is sometimes lacking in some local governments in
developing countries, especially in the Africa region. This volume
attempts to provide practical guidance to local governments
interested in establishing sound financial management systems.
Leading international experts have contributed to all relevant
aspects of local public financial management - cash management,
internal controls, accounts, audits, and debt management.
Local budgeting serves important functions that include setting
priorities, planning, financial control over inputs, management of
operations and accountability to citizens. These objectives give
rise to technical and policy issues that require open discussion
and debate. The format of the budget document can facilitate this
debate. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of all aspects
of local budgeting needed to develop sound fiscal administration at
the local level. Topics covered include fiscal administration,
forecasting, fiscal discipline, fiscal transparency, integrity of
revenue administration, budget formats, and processes including
performance budgeting, and capital budgeting.
Budgeting and budgetary institutions play a critical role in
resource allocation, government accountability, and improved fiscal
and social outcomes. This volume distills lessons from practices in
designing better fiscal institutions, citizen friendly budgets, and
open and transparent processes of budget preparation and execution.
It also highlights newer concepts of performance budgeting, accrual
accounting, activity based costing, and the use of information and
communication technology in budgeting. These tools of analysis are
supplemented by a review of budgeting in post-conflict countries
and two country case studies on the reform of budgeting systems.
In the past three or four decades, public finance theorists and
practitioners have struggled to identify and design institutional
arrangements to help close the gap between the preferences of
voters and the mix of public services actually delivered.
Participatory budgeting is potentially a good approach. This book
presents an authoritative guide to the principles and practice of
participatory budgeting, providing a careful analysis of the
potentials of participatory budgeting in strengthening inclusive
and accountable governance as well as risks associated with
interest group capture of participatory processes. For interested
policy makers and practitioners, the book presents the 'nuts and
bolts' of participatory budgeting. It provides a regional survey of
such practices worldwide and draws lessons from seven individual
country case studies. A CD-ROM included with the book contains
these seven country case studies on Bangladesh, India, the
Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Thailand and the Ukraine.
A well-functioning public sector that delivers quality public
services consistent with citizen preferences and that fosters
private market-led growth while managing fiscal resources prudently
is considered critical for poverty alleviation. This important new
series aims to advance those objectives by disseminating conceptual
guidance and lessons from practices and by facilitating learning
from each others' experiences on ideas and practices that promote
responsive (by matching public services with citizens'
preferences), responsible (through efficiency and equity in service
provision without undue fiscal and social risk), and accountable
(to citizens for all actions) public governance in developing
countries. This series, edited by Anwar Shah, distills current
wisdom and presents tools of analysis for improving the efficiency,
equity, and efficacy of the public sector. Leading public policy
experts and practitioners have contributed to the series. This
title explores two themes: the orientation of government towards
its more vulnerable groups and the extent to which government is
responsive to its citizens. It provides tools, methodologies, and
examples of how to examine the impact of government expenditures,
taxes, pension systems, and other policies on women, the poor, and
the elderly. The title also proposes a new institutional framework
for governments that wish to implement reforms that increase
responsiveness: citizen-centered government and citizen-centered
budgeting.
The globalization of information satellite TV, internet, phone and
fax serve to enhance citizens' awareness of their rights,
obligations, options and alternatives and strengthens demands for
greater accountability from the public sector. However, the power
of accountability is significantly reduced if citizens are unable
to measure their government's performance in a meaningful way,
which is precisely the topic of this timely book. The abstract
concept of 'government performance' can only be an effective tool
in public debate when there are concrete statistics measuring
performance and benchmarks against which current indicators can be
compared. 'Public Services Delivery' offers a comprehensive view of
government performance measurement. The first part examines systems
or frameworks for measuring the performance of government at the
national level and at local levels of government. The second part
of the book focuses on particular sectors that form the core of
essential government services: health, education, welfare, waste
disposal, and infrastructure. This book provides powerful tools to:
a. development practitioners to evaluate projects, b. to
policymakers to reform their government's policies, and c. to
public interest groups that wish to pressure their government for
improvements in government services."
A well-functioning public sector that delivers quality public
services consistent with citizen preferences and that fosters
private market-led growth while managing fiscal resources prudently
is considered critical for poverty alleviation. This important new
series aims to advance those objectives by disseminating conceptual
guidance and lessons from practices and by facilitating learning
from each others' experiences on ideas and practices that promote
responsive (by matching public services with citizens'
preferences), responsible (through efficiency and equity in service
provision without undue fiscal and social risk), and accountable
(to citizens for all actions) public governance in developing
countries. This series, edited by Anwar Shah, distills current
wisdom and presents tools of analysis for improving the efficiency,
equity, and efficacy of the public sector. Leading public policy
experts and practitioners have contributed to the series. In the
public sphere, incentives for public servants and policymakers are
derived from the countries' accountability frameworks-the rewards,
sanctions, and measurement of performance-that shape public sector
performance. This title applies this fundamental insight to
fiscal/budgetary analysis and public service delivery, giving the
reader tools and real world examples from around the globe of
institutional arrangements to help citizens hold government
accountable for their performance.
This book provides a comprehensive account of the principles and
practices of fiscal federalism based on the currently accepted
theoretical framework and best practices. The traditional topics of
assignment of responsibilities, intergovernmental fiscal
arrangements, fiscal competition, and grants are covered in a
unified framework with reference to actual practices followed in
federations around the world. Special issues such as local
government and the implications of natural resource issues are
considered along with emerging issues such as governance,
corruption, and the effect of globalization and the information
revolution on the nation state. The treatment is non-technical and
suitable for a wide variety of audiences, including scholars,
instructors, students, policy advisors, and practitioners.
This book provides a comprehensive account of the principles and
practices of fiscal federalism based on the currently accepted
theoretical framework and best practices. The traditional topics of
assignment of responsibilities, intergovernmental fiscal
arrangements, fiscal competition, and grants are covered in a
unified framework with reference to actual practices followed in
federations around the world. Special issues such as local
government and the implications of natural resource issues are
considered along with emerging issues such as governance,
corruption, and the effect of globalization and the information
revolution on the nation state. The treatment is non-technical and
suitable for a wide variety of audiences, including scholars,
instructors, students, policy advisors, and practitioners.
"Developing countries continue to make widespread use of tax policy
instruments to promote industrial and technological development.
The actual effect of these instruments on business activity and
government revenues, however, remains an open question. This volume
takes an important first step in quantifying the investment
incentives on business decisions related to production and
investment. In addition, the book suggests the consequences of such
incentives for government revenues. It will be of interest to
students and scholars of public finance, industrial organization,
and developmental economics."
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