Download or read book A Discussion Paper on Financing Municipal Government written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Discussion Paper on Financing Municipal Government written by Gordon Wray and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines the major municipal programs for which the Dept. of Municipal and Community Affairs of the Government of the NWT has provided funding assistance over the previous years. Proposes changes in methods of funding and invites public comments and inputs regarding the proposals.

Download or read book The Local Government Finance Review written by Rita Hale and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries written by Roy W. Bahl and published by Lincoln Inst of Land Policy. This book was released on 2013 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in cities. Catchphrases such as “metropolitan areas are the engines that pull the national economy” turn out to be fairly accurate. But the same advantages of metropolitan areas that draw investment also draw migrants who need jobs and housing, lead to demands for better infrastructure and social services, and result in increased congestion, environmental harm, and social problems. The challenges for metropolitan public finance are to capture a share of the economic growth to adequately finance new and growing expenditures and to organize governance so that services can be delivered in a cost-effective way, giving the local population a voice in fiscal decision making. At the same time, care must be taken to avoid overregulation and overtaxation, which will hamper the now quite mobile economic engine of private investment and entrepreneurial initiative. Metropolitan planning has become a reality in most large urban areas, even though the planning agencies are often ineffective in moving things forward and in linking their plans with the fiscal and financial realities of metropolitan government. A growing number of success stories in metropolitan finance and management, together with accumulated experience and proper efforts and support, could be extended to a broader array of forward-looking programs to address the growing public service needs of metropolitan-area populations. Nevertheless, sweeping metropolitan-area fiscal reforms have been few and far between; the urban policy reform agenda is still a long one; and there is a reasonable prospect that closing the gaps between what we know how to do and what is actually being done will continue to be difficult and slow. This book identifies the most important issues in metropolitan governance and finance in developing countries, describes the practice, explores the gap between practice and what theory suggests should be done, and lays out the reform paths that might be considered. Part of the solution will rest in rethinking expenditure assignments and instruments of finance. The “right” approach also will depend on the flexibility of political leaders to relinquish some control in order to find a better solution to the metropolitan finance problem.

Download or read book Public Financing Discussion Paper written by British Columbia. Local Government Elections Task Force and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World written by Roy W. Bahl and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report identifies the critical issues and describes current practice, the gap between practice and theory, and potential reform paths. Two core issues are explored: how to manage complex vertical and horizontal urban governance structures, and how to raise the finances to promote efficient, equitable, and sustainable metropolitan growth. The report explores local revenue instruments, with a focus on property-based local taxes and user charges, as well as external revenue sources such as intergovernmental transfers, borrowing, public-private partnerships, and international assistance.

Download or read book Guide to Municipal Finance written by Naomi Enid Slack and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 2009 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Local Government Finance Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public financing discussion paper written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typically the source of the funding for the tax credits is connected to the level of government providing the benefit. [...] The amount of the tax credit is based on the amount of the contribution to a maximum credit of $500, and is deducted from the contributor's payable provincial income tax. [...] The bylaw may specify the types of taxes against which there may be a credit, the amount of the credit or rebate, a maximum credit or rebate of contributions made by a contributor to all candidates, and terms and conditions for entitlement to the credit or rebate. [...] The amount of the rebate provided by the city is proportional to the amount donated by the contributor, to a maximum of $1000. [...] The Case for Public Financing Accessibility and Fairness The public financing of local government election campaigns is based on the premise that the provision of public funding serves to lessen the financial inequalities of candidates of different means.

Download or read book The Land Use Implications of Alternative Municipal Financial Tools written by Enid Slack and published by Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research,$c1993.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first section of this paper presents a model of local government finance based on the benefits received from local government services. It includes discussion of the role of local government and the appropriate financing tools to carry out this role. The second section reviews the sources of revenues used by municipal governments, outlines recent trends in the use of these revenues, and evaluates the extent to which these trends have been consistent with the benefit model of local finance. The third section reviews planning tools used by municipal governments, highlights recent trends in planning, and discusses the relationship between planning and municipal finance. The fourth section analyzes the impact on land use decisions of three sources of revenue currently used by Canadian municipalities: user fees, property taxes, and development charges. The fifth section considers the potential impact of two sources not currently used: site value taxes and land value capture taxes. The sixth section summarizes the findings and discusses the implications of using tax policy to achieve land use objectives.

Download or read book Financial Report of the United States Government written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Financing Urban Services in Latin America written by Gian Carlo Guarda and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1989 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Financing Government in New York City written by New York University. Graduate School of Public Administration and Social Service and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Relation of Modern Municipalities to Quasi public Works written by American Economic Association. Committee on Public Finance and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Municipal Finance written by Chilliwack (B.C. : District Municipality) and published by . This book was released on 1997* with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Financing Local Government in Los Angeles County written by California. Legislature. Assembly. Interim Committee on Municipal and County Government and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Role of Local Government in Economic Development written by Jonathan Q. Morgan and published by Unc School of Government. This book was released on 2009 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report discusses the findings from a mail survey of local government economic development activities that was sent to all 540 municipalities and 100 counties in North Carolina. An important part of the analysis examines whether cities and counties differ significantly in their economic development efforts and whether smaller jurisdictions employ different types of development strategies and tools than larger ones. The survey findings also highlight the barriers that local governments face in promoting economic development and identify important technical assistance needs and gaps in local capacity.