The local alternative: decentralization and economic development

This book offers a step forward in finding out how the new decentralized institutional arrangements affect local economic development. In particular, it analyzes how local governments can use their increasing powers and responsibilities to improve productivity and quality of life in their territories. THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB) is an international institution created in 1959 to foster economic and social development in Latin America andthe Caribbean. The IDB is the main source of multilateral financing and expertise for sustainable economic, social and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean. INDICE: Introduction - PART I: DECENTRALIZATION AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Exploring Conditions for Local Economic Development In Decentralized Systems of Government; T.Campbell - The Experience in Latin America; R.De La Cruz - PART' 'II: LOCAL MANAGEMENT - The Transformation of a Community to a MajorUrban Center: The Mississauga Experience; H.McCallion - Washington, D.C.: Restoring the United States Capital; A.Williams - Catalonia: Overcoming BudgetaryLimits with Public-Private Partnership and Performance Based Budgeting; 'S.Maluquer I Amorôs '&' A.Tarrach I Colls ' - Revitalizing Urban Centers; 'M.Silva'&' R.Chávez ' - PART' 'III: MACROECONOMIC IMPACT - Decentralization and Macroeconomic Control; E.Stein - Lessons from the Argentinean Case of the 90's; R.Lavagna - Fiscal Decentralization and Macroeconomic Performance; A.Shah - PART' 'IV: SUBNATIONAL FINANCING - The Political Economy of Decentralization and Good Governance in Latin America; 'E.Ahmad '&' M.García-Escribano ' - Financingand Public Services in Belo Horizonte; 'J.Ribeiro Pires '&' Á.Pio Júnior ' - Reforming Mexico's Fiscal Federalism; J.A.González Anaya - Subnational Entity Credit Risk Ratings; 'V.M.Herrera, D.Brandazza '&' F.Ortíz ' - Structural Funds for Regional Development in the European Union; R.Cobo Mayoral - PART V: COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBALIZATION - 'Doing Business:' How to Improve Local Competitiveness; F.Almeida - Decentralization, Competitiveness and Globalization: Opportunities and Challenges; E.Wiesner - PART VI: LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION- Decentralization in Colombia and the Transformation of Bogotá; J.Castro - The Private Sector as a Promoter of Citizen Control in Colombia; M.F.Campo - Decentralization and Governance: from Authoritarianism to National Dialogue in Bolivia; R.Maclean Abaroa

• ISBN: 978-0-230-11176-9
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés