Global Dialogue Publications

Book 1
Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries

Book 2
Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities in Federal Countries

Book 3
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Governance in Federal Countries

Book 4
The Practice of Fiscal Federalism: Comparative Studies

Booklet 1
Dialogues on Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries

Booklet 2
Dialogues on Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities in Federal Countries

Booklet 3
Dialogues on Legislative, Executive and Judicial Governance in Federal Countries

Booklet 4
Dialogues on the Practice of Fiscal Federalism

Booklet 5
Dialogues on Foreign Relations in Federal Countries: Comparative Perspectives

Booklet 6
Dialogues on Local Government and Metropolitan Regions in Federal Countries

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A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume 4

A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume 4: The Practice of Fiscal Federalism: Comparative Studies

(2007)

Leading scholars and practitioners examine constitutional design and taxing, spending, and regulatory responsibilities at the federal, state/provincial, and local/municipal levels in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. This volume also explores the effects of intergovernmental fiscal relations on securing economic unions and improving social welfare.

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.

Contributors include Robin Boadway (Canada), Alexander Deryugin (Russia), Akpan H. Ekpo (Nigeria), Lars P. Feld (Germany), William Fox (United States), Bongani Khumalo (South Africa), Gebhard Kirchgässner (Switzerland), Galina Kurlyandskaya (Russia), Julio López-Laborda (Spain), Jorge Martà­nez-Và¡zquez (Spain), Renosi Mokate (South Africa), Carlos Monasterio (Spain), Alan Morris (Australia), Shankaran Nambiar (Malaysia), M. Govinda Rao (India), Fernando Rezende (Brazil), and Jürgen von Hagen (Germany).

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 Economics (Edmonton, Canada).

English

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077353301X
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0773533028

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