Local government finance
Resourcing local government remains a central challenge to effective decentralisation. This section has content relating to different models of fiscal decentralisation, options for identifying new sources of local revenue, such as local property tax; and strategies for improving collection and deployment of own-source revenue. It also offers information about improving the borrowing potential of local government, innovative financing models such as municipal bonds, shared services, and public private partnerships.
Sub-topics:
- Fiscal decentralisation
- Financial management
- Innovative financing models
- Local/own-source revenue generation
- Financing infrastructure
- Public private partnership
- Green finance
- Property tax
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New century local government commonwealth perspectives
Author: Edited by Graham Sansom, Peter McKinlay Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat Publication year: 2013
Municipal infrastructure financing innovative practices from developing countries - book review
Author: Kevin Tayler Publisher: University of Technology Sydney Press Publication year: 2011
Project Hetura: reflections on an international local government partnership
Author: Susan Gheller Publisher: University of Technology Sydney Press Publication year: 2010
Local government in a global world: Australia and Canada in comparative perspective - Book Review
Author: Claudia Scott Publisher: University of Technology Sydney Press Publication year: 2010
Municipal infrastructure financing innovative practices from developing countries
Author: Edited by Munawwar Alam Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat Publication year: 2010