Improving municipal management for cities to succeed : an IEG special study.

Cities now house half the world's population and produce 70 percent of its GDP. Managing them well helps development. Strengthening municipal management of planning, finance, and service provision has been at the core of World Bank support through municipal development projects (MDPs). This boo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: World Bank. Independent Evaluation Group, International Finance Corporation, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2009.
Colección:World Bank e-Library.
Temas:
City planning > Developing countries.
Municipal services > Developing countries.
Municipal government > Developing countries.
Municipal finance > Developing countries.
Economic assistance > Developing countries.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
City planning
Economic assistance
Municipal finance
Municipal government
Municipal services
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Cities now house half the world's population and produce 70 percent of its GDP. Managing them well helps development. Strengthening municipal management of planning, finance, and service provision has been at the core of World Bank support through municipal development projects (MDPs). This book reviews how, worldwide, nearly 3,000 municipalities have benefitted from 190 World Bank-supported MDPs over the past decade, three quarters of which achieved satisfactory outcomes. The finance dimension of MDPs--computerized accounting, revenue generation, and municipal credit--produced some of the best r.
Notas:"IEG, World Bank; IFC; MIGA."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 103 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780821380444
0821380443
0821380435
9780821380437
1282259717
9781282259713
9786612259715
661225971X

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