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Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World

Metropolitan cities are engines of growth and modernization in developing countries. The challenge is in governing these rapidly growing urban agglomerations and financing the operating costs required to meet the needs of the people and businesses. This report explores metropolitan governance and ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bahl, Roy W.
Otros Autores: Linn, Johannes F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2015.
Colección:Policy Focus Reports.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Executive Summary; Chapter 1: Metropolitan Growth in Developing Countries; Urbanization Trends and Economic Growth; Goals and Challenges; Chapter 2: Governing and Managing Metropolitan Areas; Theory; Practice; Horizontal Arrangements; Vertical Arrangements; Improving Service Delivery; Fiscal Structure and Data; Reform Options; Chapter 3: Own-Source Financing; Theory; Practice; User Charges and Betterment Levels; Property Taxation; Nonproperty Taxes; Reform Options; Chapter 4: External Sources of Financing; Theory; Practice; Intergovernmental Transfers; Borrowing
  • Public-Private PartnershipsInternational Aid; Reform Options; Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations; References; About the Authors; About the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy