Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program

The Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program provided a credit of $75 million and was implemented over the years 1998-2004. It had 4 development objectives: (i) improve the financial and organizational management of municipalities;...

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Main Author:	Farvacque-Vitkovic, Catherine D.
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS DECENTRALIZATION INFLATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS LARGE CITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL TAXES MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL BUDGETS MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY STREETS TAXATION URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6676890/senegal-urban-development-decentralization-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9647

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spelling	okr-10986-96472021-04-23T14:02:46Z Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program Farvacque-Vitkovic, Catherine D. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS DECENTRALIZATION INFLATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS LARGE CITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL TAXES MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL BUDGETS MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY STREETS TAXATION URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION The Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program provided a credit of $75 million and was implemented over the years 1998-2004. It had 4 development objectives: (i) improve the financial and organizational management of municipalities; (ii) improve the programming of priority urban investments; (iii) rationalize and simplify the financing of urban investments; and (iv) upgrade basic infrastructure in urban and some rural communities. The project addressed the gap between the capacity of local governments and the expectations of the new regulatory and institutional framework. It covered all the country's municipalities and became the backbone of Senegal's decentralization program. At the project's outset, the financial and organizational management of the Senegalese municipalities was known to be weak, but little information existed about the situation in each municipality. No investment programming had been carried out to reflect their priority needs and capacity to finance them. The project also recognized that funding allocations were not being made fairly or transparently. All four development objectives were fully achieved cost-effectively and sustainably. 2012-08-13T09:11:12Z 2012-08-13T09:11:12Z 2005-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6676890/senegal-urban-development-decentralization-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9647 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 119 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Senegal
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topic	ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS DECENTRALIZATION INFLATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS LARGE CITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL TAXES MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL BUDGETS MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY STREETS TAXATION URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION
spellingShingle	ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS DECENTRALIZATION INFLATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS LARGE CITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL TAXES MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL BUDGETS MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY STREETS TAXATION URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION Farvacque-Vitkovic, Catherine D. Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program
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description	The Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program provided a credit of $75 million and was implemented over the years 1998-2004. It had 4 development objectives: (i) improve the financial and organizational management of municipalities; (ii) improve the programming of priority urban investments; (iii) rationalize and simplify the financing of urban investments; and (iv) upgrade basic infrastructure in urban and some rural communities. The project addressed the gap between the capacity of local governments and the expectations of the new regulatory and institutional framework. It covered all the country's municipalities and became the backbone of Senegal's decentralization program. At the project's outset, the financial and organizational management of the Senegalese municipalities was known to be weak, but little information existed about the situation in each municipality. No investment programming had been carried out to reflect their priority needs and capacity to finance them. The project also recognized that funding allocations were not being made fairly or transparently. All four development objectives were fully achieved cost-effectively and sustainably.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Farvacque-Vitkovic, Catherine D.
author_facet	Farvacque-Vitkovic, Catherine D.
author_sort	Farvacque-Vitkovic, Catherine D.
title	Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program
title_short	Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program
title_full	Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program
title_fullStr	Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program
title_full_unstemmed	Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program
title_sort	senegal - urban development and decentralization program
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6676890/senegal-urban-development-decentralization-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9647
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