{"product_id":"municipalities-and-finance-ian-blore-9781138373860","title":"Municipalities and Finance: A Sourcebook for Capacity Building","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinance is a critical issue for municipal governments around the world, and a major constraint on the delivery of pro-poor services at the local level. In many countries, decentralisation has brought the issue of municipal finance to the fore. This sourcebook provides a framework for analysing municipal finance capacity and ways of addressing financial constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ideas come from real-life innovative practice in four countries - India, Brazil, Kenya and Uganda - with additional examples from elsewhere. Emphasis is given to how those innovations and improvements were developed and sustained. The book identifies a strategic framework for diagnosing municipal finance capacity and focusing financial goals. It applies the analysis to a number of critical areas of municipal finance including local taxes, charges for services, budgeting, cost control, accounting reforms and investment finance. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the third in a series of capacity-building sourcebooks that includes Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity Building in Public-Private Partnerships and Municipalities and Community Participation: A Sourcebook for Capacity Building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Blore,Nick Devas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138373869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138373860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ian Blore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48742491259135,"sku":"9781138373860","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98708235-7624-4e97-b4da-e9d8abe4fd89.jpg?v=1782445789","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/municipalities-and-finance-ian-blore-9781138373860","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}