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Finance is a critical issue for municipal governments around the
world, and a major constraint on the delivery of pro-poor services
at the local level. In many countries, decentralisation has brought
the issue of municipal finance to the fore. This sourcebook
provides a framework for analysing municipal finance capacity and
ways of addressing financial constraints. The ideas come from
real-life innovative practice in four countries - India, Brazil,
Kenya and Uganda - with additional examples from elsewhere.
Emphasis is given to how those innovations and improvements were
developed and sustained. The book identifies a strategic framework
for diagnosing municipal finance capacity and focusing financial
goals. It applies the analysis to a number of critical areas of
municipal finance including local taxes, charges for services,
budgeting, cost control, accounting reforms and investment finance.
This is the third in a series of capacity-building sourcebooks that
includes Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity
Building in Public-Private Partnerships and Municipalities and
Community Participation: A Sourcebook for Capacity Building.
* Authored by an international team of researchers* Marshals a
wealth of evidence to expose the little-examined links between
urban governance and poverty * Provides policy guidance for cities,
governments, practitioners, and the poor for alleviating the
growing problem of urban poverty In this book an international team
of researchers examines the hitherto little-examined relationship
between urban governance and growing poverty. The core of the book
is the result of three years of research in ten cities in Africa,
Asia, and Latin America including interviews with key actors both
within and outside city governments, discussions with poverty
groups, community organizations, and NGOs, as well as analyses of
data on poverty, services, and finance. Ultimately the evidence
demonstrates that in many countries the global trend towards
decentralization and democratization offers exciting new
opportunities for the poor to have an influence on the decisions
that affect them. It proves that the extent of that influence
depends on the nature of those democratic arrangements and
decisionmaking processes at the local level. The book presents
insights, conclusions, and practical examples that are of relevance
for all cities, and it outlines policy implications for national
and local governments, NGOs, and donor agencies.
Finance is a critical issue for municipal governments around the
world, and a major constraint on the delivery of pro-poor services
at the local level. In many countries, decentralisation has brought
the issue of municipal finance to the fore. This sourcebook
provides a framework for analysing municipal finance capacity and
ways of addressing financial constraints.The ideas come from
real-life innovative practice in four countries - India, Brazil,
Kenya and Uganda - with additional examples from elsewhere.
Emphasis is given to how those innovations and improvements were
developed and sustained. The book identifies a strategic framework
for diagnosing municipal finance capacity and focusing financial
goals. It applies the analysis to a number of critical areas of
municipal finance including local taxes, charges for services,
budgeting, cost control, accounting reforms and investment finance.
This is the third in a series of capacity-building sourcebooks that
includes Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity
Building in Public-Private Partnerships and Municipalities and
Community Participation: A Sourcebook for Capacity Building.
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