Municipal Finances: A Handbook For Local Governments
by Catherine D. Farvacque-Vitkovic /
2014 / English / PDF
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The Municipal Finance Handbook aims to help local government
practitioners, particularly staff of medium and large cities,
improve strategic management of municipal finances. The demands for
pragmatic knowledge are fueled in part by decentralization and
fiscal pressures, as transfer of responsibilities from central to
local governments are not often accompanied with an adequate
transfer of resources. Practitioners seek ideas and tools to
control expenditures, strengthen revenues, as well as to tap large
external funds, achieve creditworthiness, and adopt good borrowing
practices.
The Municipal Finance Handbook aims to help local government
practitioners, particularly staff of medium and large cities,
improve strategic management of municipal finances. The demands for
pragmatic knowledge are fueled in part by decentralization and
fiscal pressures, as transfer of responsibilities from central to
local governments are not often accompanied with an adequate
transfer of resources. Practitioners seek ideas and tools to
control expenditures, strengthen revenues, as well as to tap large
external funds, achieve creditworthiness, and adopt good borrowing
practices.
Advocating sound municipal management based on improved governance
and enhanced accountability, this handbook provides a comprehensive
picture of municipal finances with a broad scope. The eight
chapters cover such topics as fiscal decentralization and
intergovernmental finances; management of metropolises; instruments
of good financial management; management of revenues, expenditures,
assets, and external resources; and performance measurement.
Focusing on the perspectives of local officers, this handbook
combines theory, pragmatic how-to advice, best practices from
global experiences, and possible solutions.
Advocating sound municipal management based on improved governance
and enhanced accountability, this handbook provides a comprehensive
picture of municipal finances with a broad scope. The eight
chapters cover such topics as fiscal decentralization and
intergovernmental finances; management of metropolises; instruments
of good financial management; management of revenues, expenditures,
assets, and external resources; and performance measurement.
Focusing on the perspectives of local officers, this handbook
combines theory, pragmatic how-to advice, best practices from
global experiences, and possible solutions.