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Description of Local Government Financial Reform in Developing Countries

Since 1998, Tanzania has been actively pursuing reforms of the way in which the central government finances local government activities. Although local government authorities have played a significant role in the delivery of key government services (such as primary education and basic health care) since the 1980s, until recently the central government tightly controlled most of the financial resources which it provides to the local government level. This book presents a detailed overview and analysis of recent local government finance reforms in Tanzania, including the introduction of a formula-based system of intergovernmental grants. Due to the scope and speed of Tanzania's local government finance reforms, the country is rapidly becoming one of the best-practice examples of fiscal decentralization reform in Africa.

Title Information

ISBN:

9781403934840

Pages:

288 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

135738

Publisher:

Palgrave MacMillan

Published:

07/07/2006

Edition:

illustrated edition

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About Jameson Boex and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

JAMESON BOEX is a Research Professor of Economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, USA, and has been closely involved in local government finance reforms in Tanzania since 2002. He specializes in the analysis of intergovernmental transfer arrangements and has led and contributed to policy reforms and research projects on intergovernmental fiscal relations, tax policy and fiscal management issues in twelve transitional and developing countries. JORGE MARTINEZ-VAZQUEZ is a Professor of Economics and Director of the International Studies Programme at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, USA. He enjoys worldwide recognition as a leading expert on fiscal decentralization, tax policy and administration, and fiscal management, and has directed, managed and served as a senior economist on policy reform projects in over 30 countries around the world.