Grant Financing of Metropolitan Areas : A Review of Principles and Worldwide Practices

In the new information age in the globalized and interconnected world, metropolitan areas hold the key to the future prosperity and growth of nations. This paper takes a closer look at grant-financing regimes faced by metropolitan areas and their role in facilitating or hindering improvements in eco...

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Main Author:	Shah, Anwar
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	access to education accountability accountability in governance assignment of taxes autonomy borrowing budgetary autonomy business taxes Capital costs capital expenditures capital finance Capital grants central administration central government central tax administration central taxes central transfers centrally collected revenues city metro areas City Metropolitan Area City Politics community development community participation comparative advantage Comparative Studies congestion charges contractual obligations Corporate Income Tax corporate income taxes decentralization Development Assistance Development Bank disabled disabled persons district district offices economic development economic growth economic success electricity enrollments environmental protection environmental taxes equalization equitable access equity objectives excise taxes expenditure Expenditure Need expenditure needs external financing Federal District federal grant Federal-Provincial finances Financial Development financial reporting financing needs fiscal autonomy fiscal capacity Fiscal Federalism fiscal gaps fiscal surplus fiscal transfers formula based transfers fuel taxes gambling governance models governor grant allocation Grant design grant programs greater access health services households housing income inflation institutional arrangements intergovernmental finance Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Intergovernmental Relations Intergovernmental transfers International Bank international finance lack of access Large Cities laws level of government levies licenses limited access local autonomy Local Finance local financing local fiscal capacity local government Local Government Finance local governments Local Public Finance local taxes mass transit matching grants mayor mayors Metropolitan area Metropolitan Areas Metropolitan cities metropolitan finance Metropolitan Government metropolitan governments municipal municipal finance Municipal Government municipal governments municipal services municipalities Municipality natural resources Operating costs personal income taxes Policy Reform Political Economy ports Poverty Reduction productivity property tax property tax base property transfer taxes province provinces provincial cities provincial city provincial governments provisions public Public Administration public agencies public goods public health Public Policy public sector public sector wages public services public spending public transit public-private partnerships real estate real property receipt receipts regional government residential property residential property taxes revenue base revenue bonds revenue collection Revenue Sharing revenue sources roads savings school finance self-financing slums small towns social development social services social welfare Solid Waste disposal sources of finance special districts street lighting streets sub-national sub-national expenditures surcharges tax tax administration tax autonomy tax bases tax basis Tax collection tax decentralization tax effort tax relief Tax sharing taxation Town towns transparency transportation services tuition unfunded mandates Urban Development Urban Government Urban Public Finance urban services user fees value added taxes villages wages water supply
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