Managing Fiscal Decentralization

Table of contents

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• Title Page v
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Tables x
• Preface xv
• Managing Fiscal Decentralization 1
• Part I - General Themes 15
• 1 - The Trend Toward Fiscal Decentralization 17
• 2 - Introduction 31
• 3 - Panacea or Pandora's Box? 46
• 4 - Introduction 68
• Part II - The European Union 97
• 5 - Introduction 99
• 6 - German Federalism: a Brief Overview 122
• 7 - Introduction 144
• Part III - Transition Economies 163

• Title Page v
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Tables x
• Preface xv
• Managing Fiscal Decentralization 1
• Part I - General Themes 15
• 1 - The Trend Toward Fiscal Decentralization 17
• 2 - Introduction 31
• 3 - Panacea or Pandora's Box? 46
• 4 - Introduction 68
• Part II - The European Union 97
• 5 - Introduction 99
• 6 - German Federalism: a Brief Overview 122
• 7 - Introduction 144
• Part III - Transition Economies 163
• 8 - Introduction 165
• 9 - Centralization of Resources and Decentralization of Autonomy 186
• 10 - Introduction 205
• Part IV - Developing Countries 225
• 11 - Coordination of Subnational Borrowing 227
• Appendix A:Provincial Constitutional Limits on Borrowing 239
• Appendix C: Provincial Fiscal Responsibility Laws 246
• 12 - An Evolving Federation 265
• 13 - Introduction 286
• 14 - Managing Decentralization 306
• 15 - Introduction 321
• 16 - A Practitioner's Perspective 350
• Index 375