Macro federalism and local finance  [electronic resource] / 
edited by Anwar Shah. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  World Bank,  c2008. 
 - xxii, 338 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Public sector governance and accountability series .
 - Public sector governance and accountability series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Macro federalism: an introduction with principal reference to the Canadian experience / Thomas J. Courchene -- Globalization, the information revolution, and emerging imperatives for rethinking fiscal federalism / Anwar Shah -- Federalism and macroeconomic performance / Anwar Shah -- Regional income disparities and covergence: measurement and policy impact evolution / Raja Shankar and Anwar Shah -- Harmonizing taxation of interstate trade under a sub-national VAT: lessons from international experience / Mahesh C. Purohit -- Subnational borrowing, insolvency and regulation / Lili Liu and Michael Waibel -- A local perspective on fiscal federalism: practices, experiences, and lessons from industrial countries / Melville L. McMillan -- Decentralized governance in developing and transition countires: a comparative review / Sebastian Eckardt and Anwar Shah. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Intergovernmental fiscal relations--Case studies.<br/>Federal government--Case studies.<br/>Local finance--Case studies.<br/>Decentralization in government--Case studies.<br/>Finance, Public--Case studies.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HJ197  / .M33 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>336