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9780761935643

Financing Cities : Fiscal Responsibility and Urban Infrastructure in Brazil, China, India, Poland and South Africa

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    9780761935643

  • ISBN10:

    0761935649

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-04-04
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

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This book highlights the need to boost infrastructure investment in cities as also the necessity for fiscal management across all levels of government-within the context of decentralizing service delivery responsibilities. The volume provides case studies reflecting various viewpoints and a range of success and failure stories from five countries. The topics covered include: - Impact of political and fiscal decentralization - Limitations on borrowing - Managing moral hazard - The role of the financial sector in striking a balance between controls and encouraging the local government to maintain fiscal discipline

Table of Contents

Introduction
Fiscal Responsibility Legislation and Fiscal Adjustment
The Case of Brazilian Local Governments
China
Fiscal Framework and Urban Infrastructure Finance
Mobilizing Urban Infrastructure Finance in a Responsible Fiscal Framework
The Case of India
Infrastructure Development in Poland
The Issues at Stake
Mobilizing Urban Infrastructure Finance within a Responsible Fiscal Framework
The South African Case
Mobilizing Local Infrastructure Finance
Urban Infrastructure Investment and Financing in Shanghai
Mobilizing Financing for Urban Sanitation Infrastructure in Brazil
Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund: Public-Private Partnership in an Infrastructure Finance Intermediary
A South African Private-sector IntermediaryLand Leasing and Land Sale
As an Infrastructure Financing Option
Urban Infrastructure Finance from Private Operators
What Have We Learned from Recent Experience?
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