Institutions of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Challenges Ahead
Intergovernmental fiscal institutions are the overarching framework for relations across government levels. They comprise the constitutional set up of a country; the division ...
Intergovernmental fiscal transfers
Do the Poor Count in Fiscal Decentralization Policy?
Various fiscal decentralization instruments help improve livelihoods for the poor. The general grant transfers in particular enable the fiscally disadvantaged localities to ...
When Are Federations More Unequal?
Why do some countries redistribute more to poorer regions than others? This paper explores which factors explain variation in the degree of interregional redistribution among ...
State and Local Governments: Why They Matter and How to Finance Them
State and local government fiscal systems have increasingly become vulnerable to economic changes. Over the past three decades, state and local deficits during ...
Local fiscal inequities and the challenges of ‘disadvantaged’ Local Government Authorities in Tanzania
Inclusion and ensuring equitable development are important themes in the emerging post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda. Inclusion and equity are not only important ...
What drives decentralization in Malawi: poverty alleviation or politics?
One of the arguments made in support of decentralization is that by involving local governments, decentralized programs may be better able to target the beneficiaries for ...
Handbook of Multi-Level Finance
The new Handbook of Multi-Level Finance (2015)—edited by Etisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio—provides a comprehensive review of the state of knowledge on fiscal federalism ...