The World Bank's Support for Subnational Governance in Large Federal Countries : Lessons Learned from Argentina, Brazil and Nigeria

Limited local tax revenue and low public sector efficiency are two critical problems of public sector management and key constraints for the economic and social development of many subnational governments in large federal countries. To create fisca...

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Main Authors:	Stoykov, Petar Georgiev, Yilmaz, Serdar
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:	LOCAL TAX REVENUE PUBLIC SECTOR EFFICIENCY MACRO-ECONOMIC STABILITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SYSTEM GOOD GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/282881647537821269/The-World-Banks-Support-for-Subnational-Governance-in-Large-Federal-Countries-Lessons-Learned-from-Argentina-Brazil-and-Nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37204

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spelling	okr-10986-372042022-03-24T05:10:48Z The World Bank's Support for Subnational Governance in Large Federal Countries : Lessons Learned from Argentina, Brazil and Nigeria Stoykov, Petar Georgiev Yilmaz, Serdar LOCAL TAX REVENUE PUBLIC SECTOR EFFICIENCY MACRO-ECONOMIC STABILITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SYSTEM GOOD GOVERNANCE PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM Limited local tax revenue and low public sector efficiency are two critical problems of public sector management and key constraints for the economic and social development of many subnational governments in large federal countries. To create fiscal space without compromising macroeconomic stability and fiscal sustainability, there is a need for reforms that lead to better use of public resources and improved expenditure efficiency through reforms in budgeting, procurement, and tax administration. This note presents lessons learned from the World Bank’s subnational governance projects in three large federal countries - Argentina, Brazil and Nigeria - between 2008-2017. These lessons learned can be useful in shaping the design of future subnational governance projects in other federal countries, particularly those projects seeking to improve service delivery, public expenditure systems and core governance institutions. 2022-03-23T20:51:12Z 2022-03-23T20:51:12Z 2022 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/282881647537821269/The-World-Banks-Support-for-Subnational-Governance-in-Large-Federal-Countries-Lessons-Learned-from-Argentina-Brazil-and-Nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37204 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Brief Africa Africa Western and Central (AFW) Latin America & Caribbean Argentina Brazil Nigeria
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description	Limited local tax revenue and low public sector efficiency are two critical problems of public sector management and key constraints for the economic and social development of many subnational governments in large federal countries. To create fiscal space without compromising macroeconomic stability and fiscal sustainability, there is a need for reforms that lead to better use of public resources and improved expenditure efficiency through reforms in budgeting, procurement, and tax administration. This note presents lessons learned from the World Bank’s subnational governance projects in three large federal countries - Argentina, Brazil and Nigeria - between 2008-2017. These lessons learned can be useful in shaping the design of future subnational governance projects in other federal countries, particularly those projects seeking to improve service delivery, public expenditure systems and core governance institutions.
format	Brief
author	Stoykov, Petar Georgiev Yilmaz, Serdar
author_facet	Stoykov, Petar Georgiev Yilmaz, Serdar
author_sort	Stoykov, Petar Georgiev
title	The World Bank's Support for Subnational Governance in Large Federal Countries : Lessons Learned from Argentina, Brazil and Nigeria
title_short	The World Bank's Support for Subnational Governance in Large Federal Countries : Lessons Learned from Argentina, Brazil and Nigeria
title_full	The World Bank's Support for Subnational Governance in Large Federal Countries : Lessons Learned from Argentina, Brazil and Nigeria
title_fullStr	The World Bank's Support for Subnational Governance in Large Federal Countries : Lessons Learned from Argentina, Brazil and Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	The World Bank's Support for Subnational Governance in Large Federal Countries : Lessons Learned from Argentina, Brazil and Nigeria
title_sort	world bank's support for subnational governance in large federal countries : lessons learned from argentina, brazil and nigeria
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2022
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/282881647537821269/The-World-Banks-Support-for-Subnational-Governance-in-Large-Federal-Countries-Lessons-Learned-from-Argentina-Brazil-and-Nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37204
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The World Bank's Support for Subnational Governance in Large Federal Countries : Lessons Learned from Argentina, Brazil and Nigeria

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