The Practice of Fiscal Federalism
Comparative Perspectives
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2007
- Category
- General, Comparative Politics
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773578470
- Publish Date
- Sep 2007
- List Price
- $110.00
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Description
Contributors provide a fascinating account of how federal countries are confronting the traditional challenges of conflicts over division of fiscal powers while also coping with emerging challenges of globalization and citizen empowerment arising from the information revolution. They analyze how relationships and roles in different orders of government are being reshaped and show how local solutions inspired by global principles help strengthen government accountability and improve the quality of life for citizens.
About the author
Anwar Shah is lead economist and program leader, Public Sector Governance, World Bank Institute (Washington, DC, USA), a member of the executive board, International Institute of Public Finance (Munich, Germany), and fellow at the Institute for Public Eco