Decentralization and reform in Africa - Boko, Sylvain Hounkponou (Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002)
3. The Quantitative Indicators. 3.1. The Municipal Development Program Methodology. 3.2. Sub-National Tax Recovery. 3.3. Sub-National Tax Autonomy. 3.4. Sources of Local Communities' Revenue. 3.5. Local Communities Expenditures -- Ch. 6. The Macroeconomic Impacts of Fiscal Decentralization. 1. General Considerations. 2. Statistical Evidence on Intergovernmental Coordination Failures. 3. Analyzing the Data. 3.1. Graphical Analysis. 3.2. Regression Analysis -- Ch. 7. Conclusions and Recommendations. 1. On the Fiscal Strength of Local Communities. 2. Some Suggestions on Improving Intergovernmental Fiscal Coordination. 3. On Local Government Borrowing Capabilities. 4. The importance of Associating Local Governments to Central Government Decision-making Process. 5. Final Remarks.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-130) and index.
Keywords: Fiscal policy -- Africa, West -- Case studies; Decentralization in government -- Africa, West -- Case studies