Enhancing Mobilization of Own Source Revenue in Nairobi City County
Author : John M. Mutua
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 12,83 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Kenya
ISBN :
Author : John M. Mutua
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 12,83 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Kenya
ISBN :
Author : Meleckidzedeck Khayesi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 25,90 MB
Release : 2022-11-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 303106089X
Where can one get a synthesis of research findings on urban development planning in Africa? This book addresses this gap in knowledge by distilling existing research to provide insights into theories, research designs, empirical findings and approaches on urban development planning in Africa. Starting with the overall planning culture and strategies, the book chapters move on to specific themes such as governance, population, poverty, water, recreation, transport, agriculture, air quality and rural-urban linkages. This book reduces the prevailing risk of unnecessary duplication of research and the inadequate attention that is being given to extending research in new areas. This situation has partly been due to existing research remaining scattered in different organizations and publications and has not been subjected to critical synthesis to unearth any new developments that it contains. The book makes available research findings to be utilized in current and future urban development planning in Africa.
Author : Naomi Enid Slack
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 21,79 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Municipal finance
ISBN : 9211321131
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 17,5 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Cost and standard of living
ISBN :
Author : Marco Kamiya
Publisher : UN
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 19,86 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Finance for City Leaders presents an up-to-date, comprehensive, and in-depth analysis of the challenges posed by rapid urbanization and the various financing tools municipalities have at their disposal.
Author : Roy W. Bahl
Publisher : Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 12,76 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781558442542
The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in cities. Catchphrases such as “metropolitan areas are the engines that pull the national economy” turn out to be fairly accurate. But the same advantages of metropolitan areas that draw investment also draw migrants who need jobs and housing, lead to demands for better infrastructure and social services, and result in increased congestion, environmental harm, and social problems. The challenges for metropolitan public finance are to capture a share of the economic growth to adequately finance new and growing expenditures and to organize governance so that services can be delivered in a cost-effective way, giving the local population a voice in fiscal decision making. At the same time, care must be taken to avoid overregulation and overtaxation, which will hamper the now quite mobile economic engine of private investment and entrepreneurial initiative. Metropolitan planning has become a reality in most large urban areas, even though the planning agencies are often ineffective in moving things forward and in linking their plans with the fiscal and financial realities of metropolitan government. A growing number of success stories in metropolitan finance and management, together with accumulated experience and proper efforts and support, could be extended to a broader array of forward-looking programs to address the growing public service needs of metropolitan-area populations. Nevertheless, sweeping metropolitan-area fiscal reforms have been few and far between; the urban policy reform agenda is still a long one; and there is a reasonable prospect that closing the gaps between what we know how to do and what is actually being done will continue to be difficult and slow. This book identifies the most important issues in metropolitan governance and finance in developing countries, describes the practice, explores the gap between practice and what theory suggests should be done, and lays out the reform paths that might be considered. Part of the solution will rest in rethinking expenditure assignments and instruments of finance. The “right” approach also will depend on the flexibility of political leaders to relinquish some control in order to find a better solution to the metropolitan finance problem.
Author : Global Campaign on Urban Governance
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 48,97 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Local budgets
ISBN : 9211316995
Author : Baraka Mwau
Publisher :
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 45,82 MB
Release : 2018
Category : City planning
ISBN : 9789211328127
Author : Adam Szirmai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 795 pages
File Size : 15,37 MB
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107045959
Taking a comparative and multidisciplinary approach, this textbook offers a non-technical introduction to the dynamics of socio-economic development and stagnation.
Author : Catherine D. Farvacque-Vitkovic
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 13,84 MB
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821399144
This book tells a fascinating story on municipal finances for local government practitioners with rich examples, global practices, and good and bad experiences the authors gained in decades of field work.