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Macro federalism and local finance [electronic resource] / edited by Anwar Shah. - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2008. - xxii, 338 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Public sector governance and accountability series . - Public sector governance and accountability series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Macro federalism: an introduction with principal reference to the Canadian experience / Thomas J. Courchene -- Globalization, the information revolution, and emerging imperatives for rethinking fiscal federalism / Anwar Shah -- Federalism and macroeconomic performance / Anwar Shah -- Regional income disparities and covergence: measurement and policy impact evolution / Raja Shankar and Anwar Shah -- Harmonizing taxation of interstate trade under a sub-national VAT: lessons from international experience / Mahesh C. Purohit -- Subnational borrowing, insolvency and regulation / Lili Liu and Michael Waibel -- A local perspective on fiscal federalism: practices, experiences, and lessons from industrial countries / Melville L. McMillan -- Decentralized governance in developing and transition countires: a comparative review / Sebastian Eckardt and Anwar Shah.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Intergovernmental fiscal relations--Case studies.
Federal government--Case studies.
Local finance--Case studies.
Decentralization in government--Case studies.
Finance, Public--Case studies.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HJ197 / .M33 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 336