This paper discusses the transformation of public sector thinking in public sectors of developing and transition countries. Countries are reconsidering their fiscal systems and searching for the right balance between central...
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This paper from the United Nations Capital Development Fund provides an overview of lessons learned from the design and implementation of performance-based grant systems (PBGSs) for local governments in 15 developing countries...
This collection of briefing notes from the World Bank Institute consists of four chapters: Chapter one explains the cross-cutting nature of decentralisation and its rationale, Chapter two addresses key political factors, fiscal...
This Reference Document targets donor agencies and, more particularly, EC staff working at headquarters and in the Delegations. It seeks to provide strategic and operational guidance on: (1) how best to support processes of...
Since World War II, the political map of the world has been influenced by three major ‘D' phenomena; decolonization in Africa and Asia; dissolution of states like Pakistan, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; and the...
This presentation, delivered by Francois P. Yatta, gives an overview of current fiscal challenges in Africa and of the different sources of revenue at local and central level in African countries. The links between fiscal...
This presentation, delivered by Kai Kaiser (World Bank) focuses on the importance of using performance monitoring systems and measuring results when implementing decentralisation reforms. The cases of the Indonesia...
This presentation, delivered by Paul Smoke, gives an overview of the current state of local finance systems in many developed and developing countries. It also presents the major constraints when linking Public Financial...
This three-page document outlines the rationale for United Nations Capital Development Fund’s support to performance-based grant systems (PBGs) and summarises the five purposes of the full version of this paper: Give insights into...
This participants’ kit introduces fiscal decentralisation, its four pillars (expenditure responsibilities, revenue assignments, intergovernmental fiscal transfers and sub-national dept and borrowing), decentralised public...