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.
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Local government system in Namibia
This profile of the local government system in Namibia is structured to enable easy comparison across the countries of the Commonwealth. The profile includes an overview of the government system, the legal basis for and structure of local government, elections and women’s representation, intergovernmental relations, systems for community involvement, organised local government, intergovernmental relations, monitoring systems, finance, staffing and resources, and distribution of service delivery responsibility.
Author: CLGF Publisher: Publications UK Publication year: 2015
Constraints on property rating in the Offinso South Municipality of Ghana
The potential of property rate has been least tapped by decentralized governments in Ghana. This paper investigates the property rating system in Ghana through a case study of Offinso South Municipality (OSM). Questionnaires were used to gather empirical data from property owners in the municipality. The paper finds that there is inadequate property tax administration system and high public disdain for the property tax in OSM, with a significant association between compliance with the property tax and land use regulations in OSM. The paper suggests that the Offinso South Municipal Assembly (OSMA) should improve its land use planning system to facilitate voluntary compliance with the property tax. OSMA should also address accountability and transparency problems in the property tax system in order to increase public confidence in the tax regime. The OSMA should also improve on the property tax collection modes by computerising the billing and collection processes.
Author: Nicholas Addai Boamah Publisher: University of Technology Sydney Press Publication year: 2014
Political actor or policy instrument? Governance challenges in Australian local government
Author: Nicola Brackertz Publisher: University of Technology Sydney Press Publication year: 2013
Role of the land valuation division in property rating by district assemblies in Ghana's Upper East Region
Author: Maxwell Kwotua Petio Publisher: University of Technology Sydney Press Publication year: 2013
Local government finance in Ghana: disbursement and utilisation of the MPs share of the District Assemblies Common Fund
Author: Nana Nimo Appiah-Agyekum Publication year: 2013