Title:
Equalising sub-national governments' spending needs in a developing country : the case of Tanzania
Place:
[Groningen
Publisher:
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RuG)
Year:
2011]
PAGE:
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Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Keywords:
decentralization in government, fiscal policy, local government, local finance, social justice, health services, tanzania
Abstract:
Many countries use fiscal equalization to alleviate fiscal disparities created by decentralization. Application of a new method to estimate spending needs of local governments in developing countries shows that many Tanzanian districts are underfunded for health services.
URL:
http://www.rug.nl/staff/m.a.allers/Equalising-local-governments.pdf
Document type:
Portal