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Guide to Municipal Finance

Guidance and systemization of experiences

This Guide to Municipal Finance describes the current issues in municipal finance and the ways in which local governments finance services and infrastructure. It sets out a basic economic framework that is used to evaluate the different aspects of municipal finance and that can be used by readers to evaluate other options. The Guide emphasizes that responsible, accountable, and efficient local governments need to raise their own revenues as much possible, adhere to an open and visible municipal budgetary process, and engage in transparent and prudent financial management.

Related Publications

Local Finance Initiative - Global Report - January December 2016

Available in English

The economies and populations of many of the world’s 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are growing and some LDCs expect to graduate to middle income country status during the next ten years. Econo...

Developed by United Nations Capital Development Fund...

Posted by Fabienne Perucca

Case studies and best practices

Mapping Local Authorities’ Practices in Migration and Development Report

Available in English

This report summarises the results of a global mapping exercise of local authorities’ M&D practices conducted by the Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI). The study is based on the consul...

Developed by Joint Migration and Development Initiati...

Posted by Joanne Irvine

Concept notes and papers

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