The Practice of Fiscal Federalism: Comparative Perspectives

by Anwar Shah

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780773578470
Publisher:	McGill-Queens University Press
Publication date:	09/05/2007
Series:	Global Dialogue on Federalism Booklet Series , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	456
File size:	9 MB

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