Fiscal Fragmentation In Decentralized Countries
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Fiscal fragmentation in decentralized countries
Author | : Richard Miller Bird |
Publsiher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 451 |
Release | : 2014-05-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781781007617 |
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Most countries, developed and developing, are fiscally decentralized with regional and local governments of varying importance. In many of these countries, some of these sub-national governments differ substantially from others in terms of wealth, ethnic, religious, or linguistic composition. This book considers how fiscal arrangements may strengthen or weaken national solidarity and the effectiveness with which public services are provided. In particular, the nation's ability to cope with changes created by decentralization is explored.
Designing Sound Fiscal Relations Across Government Levels in Decentralized Countries
Author | : Robin Boadway,Luc Eyraud |
Publsiher | : International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2018-12-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781484387788 |
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This paper discusses how decentralized countries can achieve sound fiscal relations between the central government and lower government levels. The concepts of “vertical gap” and “vertical balance” provide an analytical framework for identifying and addressing key challenges. These concepts can help policymakers ensure that the financing of subnational governments (composed of transfers received from the center, own revenues, and borrowing) is both efficient and adequate given the allocation of spending responsibilities. More generally, the paper offers some perspectives about the optimal design of decentralization systems by examining the sequencing and economic principles underlying revenue and expenditure assignments, the use of transfers, and borrowing.
Vertical Fiscal Imbalances and the Accumulation of Government Debt
Author | : Inaki Aldasoro,Mr.Mike Seiferling |
Publsiher | : International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages | : 39 |
Release | : 2014-11-20 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781484357552 |
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Delegating fiscal decision making power to sub-national governments has been an area of interest for both academics and policymakers given the expectation that it may lead to better and more efficient provision of public goods and services. Decentralization has, however, often occurred on the expenditure and less on the revenue side, creating “vertical fiscal imbalances” where sub-national governments’ expenditures are not financed through their own revenues. The mismatch between own revenues and expenditures may have consequences for public finance performance. This study constructs a large sample of general and subnational level fiscal data beginning in 1980 from the IMF’s Government Finance Statistics Yearbook. Extending the literature to the balance sheet approach, this paper examines the effects of vertical fiscal imbalances on government debt. The results indicate that vertical fiscal imbalances are relevant in explaining government debt accumulation suggesting a degree of caution when promoting fiscal decentralization. This paper also underlines the role of data covering the general government and its subectors for comprehensive analysis of fiscal performance.
Fiscal Decentralization and Local Finance in Developing Countries
Author | : Roy Bahl,Richard M. Bird |
Publsiher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2018-03-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781786435309 |
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This book draws on experiences in developing countries to bridge the gap between the conventional textbook treatment of fiscal decentralization and the actual practice of subnational government finance. The extensive literature about the theory and practice is surveyed and longstanding problems and new questions are addressed. It focuses on the key choices that must be made in decentralizing, on how economic and political factors shape the choices that countries make, and on how, by paying more attention to the need for a more comprehensive approach and the critical connections between different components of decentralization reform, everyone involved might get more for their money.
Fiscal Decentralization in Developing and Transition Economies
Author | : Anwar Shah |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Decentralization in government |
ISBN | : 9182736450XXX |
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Fiscal Federalism and Political Decentralization
Author | : Nuria Bosch,José M. Durán |
Publsiher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781848442719 |
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This highly original book analyzes political decentralization and fiscal federalism in Canada and Germany, both traditional federal countries, and in Spain, a unitarian country engaged in the last two decades in a process of decentralization. The three key issues required for a well designed financing system are analyzed in depth herein, namely: tax assignment, equalization grants (i.e. redistribution of money from the wealthy regions or the national government to poorer regions) and the role of regional government in the administration of taxes. Fiscal Federalism and Political Decentralization will be of particular interest to academics and researchers of economics, public economics, public finance and public choice. It will also appeal to politicians and policy makers as well as organizations and agencies related to the economy and fiscal federalism.
Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries
Author | : Richard Miller Bird |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521641432 |
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There appears to be an increasing trend in worldwide fiscal decentralization. In particular, many developing countries are turning to various forms of fiscal decentralization as an escape from inefficient and ineffective governance, macroeconomic stability, and inadequate growth. Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries: An Overview edited by Professors Bird and Vaillancourt and featuring important research from leading scholars assesses the progress, problems and potentials of fiscal decentralization in a variety of developing countries around the world. With rich and varied case-study material from countries as diverse as India, China, Colombia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and South Africa this volume complements neatly the collection Fiscal Aspects of Evolving Federations edited by David Wildasin and also published by Cambridge, which presented theoretical advances in the area of research.
Fiscal Decentralization and Fiscal Performance
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Author | : Anwar Shah |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:931675173 |
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A resurgence of recent interest in fiscal federalism has been a source of concern among macroeconomic stabilization experts. They argue that a decentralized fiscal system poses a threat to macroeconomic stability as it is incompatible with prudent monetary and fiscal management. The author addresses these concerns by taking a simple neo-institutional economics with an econometric analysis perspective. His analysis concludes that, contrary to a common misconception, fiscal decentralization is associated with improved fiscal performance and better functioning of internal common markets. Fiscal policy coordination represents an important challenge for federal systems. In this context, fiscal rules and institutions provide a useful framework but not necessarily a solution to this challenge. Fiscal rules binding on all levels can help sustain political commitment in countries having coalitions or fragmented regimes in power. Coordinating institutions help in the use of moral suasion to encourage a coordinated response. Industrial countries' experiences also show that unilaterally imposed federal controls and constraints on subnational governments typically do not work. Instead, societal norms based on fiscal conservatism such as the Swiss referenda and political activism of the electorate play important roles. Ultimately capital markets and bond-rating agencies provide more effective discipline on fiscal policy. In this context, it is important not to backstop state and local debt and not to allow ownership of the banks by any level of government. Transparency of the budgetary process and institutions, accountability to the electorate, and general availability of comparative data encourages fiscal discipline. Fiscal decentralization poses significant challenges for macroeconomic management. These challenges require careful design of monetary and fiscal institutions to overcome adverse incentives associated with the "common property" resource management problems or with rent seeking behavior. Experiences of federal countries indicate significant learning and adaptation of fiscal systems to create incentives compatible with fair play and to overcome incomplete contracts. This explains why that decentralized fiscal systems appear to do better than centralized fiscal systems on most aspects of monetary and fiscal policy management and transparent and accountable governance.