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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Living City Initiative - A new pilot project for urban regeneration
The Living City Initiative is a targeted pilot tax incentive which aims to seek to address this issue in two ways by focusing on: 1. encouraging people back to the centre of Irish cities to live in historic buildings 2. encouraging the regeneration of the retail heartland of central business districts. The Initiative will provide tax incentives for works performed to refurbish residential and retail buildings either to bring them up to a habitable standard or even to make improvements to buildings which are currently inhabited. The incentives will be targeted at owner/occupiers rather than property developers.
Author: Department of Finance Publisher: Government of Ireland Publication year: 2016
Mobilising internally generated funds to finance development projects in Ghana’s Northern Region
Author: Felix Puopiel, Musah Chimsi Publisher: University of Technology Sydney Press Publication year: 2015
Perspectives on Australian Local Government Reform edited by Brian Dollery and Ian Tiley - Book Review
Author: Bligh Grant Publisher: University of Technology Sydney Press Publication year: 2015
Local governance in Bangladesh: policy and strategy framework
Author: Tofail Ahmed Publisher: University of Technology Sydney Press Publication year: 2015
Elite perceptions of change in English local government: comparisons between conservative and new labour governments
Author: Andy Asquith Publisher: University of Technology Sydney Press Publication year: 2014