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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 143 |
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Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 143.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of boxes; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Notes on contributors; 1 Decentralization and infrastructure: from gaps to solutions; PART I Measuring infrastructure gaps: quantity and quality perspectives; 2 The infrastructure gap and decentralization; 3 Trends and quality of decentralized public investment; PART II Fundamentals in flux: functions, finance, and equalization for decentralized public investment; 4 Principles and practice; 5 Financing infrastructure |
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6 Capital infrastructure and equity objectives in decentralizedsystemsPART III Sectoral perspectives; 7 Investing in health infrastructure: how decentralization matters; 8 Educational infrastructure, school construction, and decentralization in developing countries: key issues for an understudied area; 9 Rural roads: the challenge of decentralized implementation; PART IV Investing into the invisible: management and coordination of decentralized public investment; 10 The challenge of operating and maintaining infrastructure; 11 Multi-tier monitoring of infrastructure: top down and bottom up |
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12 Coordination of infrastructure investment across levels of governmentPART V The political economy and corruption challenges; 13 The political economy of local infrastructure planning; 14 Decentralized provision of public infrastructure and corruption; Index |
| Summary |
The subnational dimension of infrastructure has emerged as one of the greatest challenges in contemporary public finance policy and management. Ensuring the efficient provision of infrastructure represents a challenge for all countries irrespective of their level of centralization or decentralization. This book proposes an innovative approach for the strengthening of decentralized public investment and infrastructure management. Decentralization and Infrastructure in the Global Economy: From Gaps to Solutions covers the most important aspects of infrastructure investment in a decentralized sett |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Infrastructure (Economics)
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Public investments.
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Decentralization in government.
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Intergovernmental fiscal relations.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Public Finance.
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Decentralization in government
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Infrastructure (Economics)
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Intergovernmental fiscal relations
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Public investments
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge, editor.
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Frank, Jonas, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781317438588 |
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1317438582 |
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9781315694108 |
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1315694107 |
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9781317438564 |
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1317438566 |
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9781317438571 |
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1317438574 |
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1138909203 |
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9781138909205 |
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