Title: Fiscal decentralisation and sector funding : principles and practices

Authors: Steffensen, Jesper

Place: [Copenhagen

Publisher: Danish international development agency] (DANIDA)

Year: 2010

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, fiscal policy, local government, local taxation

Abstract: Fiscal decentralization (FD) shifts the responsibilities for expenditure or revenues to lower levels of government. This paper presents lessons learned from recent experiences with FD and modalities for FD reform in a number of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

URL: http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/file/26/07/2011_-_1336/2-danida_fiscal_decentralisation_and_sector_funding.pdf

Document type: Portal