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Related Site: Link will open in new window.  National Institute of Urban Affairs
National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) is a premier institute for research, training and information dissemination in urban development and management. Established in 1976, as an autonomous body under the Societies Registration Act, the Institute enjoys the support and commitment of the Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment, Government of India, State Governments, urban and regional development authorities and other agencies concerned with urban issues.
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Related Site: Link will open in new window.  National Institute of Urban Affairs - Urban Finance Newsletter 10/2007
Author: NIUA
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Related Site: Link will open in new window.  UCLG Support Paper on Local Finance
The UCLG Support Paper is the background paper to the UCLG Policy Paper on Local Finance. The document first sets the context - the ongoing urban explosion is not yet met by appropriate investments in local infrastructure- and provides an overview of the current financing options and their limits: intergovernmental transfers and local taxes, public private partnership, infrastructure development through national and/or local public utilities, land and asset management, local public borrowing, funding through development banks and official development aid. The Paper emphasized the need to reform both demand and supply side of financing to boost local infrastructure investments. On the demand side, as shown by historical and empirical evidence, fiscal decentralization frameworks should be enhanced to ensure local government’s financial autonomy and to generate swift and significant investment in public infrastructure. On the supply side, given the current constraints put on local government’s access to finance for infrastructure, there is an urgent need for change and for an improved intermediation at the national level. In particular, Municipal Development Funds performance need to be reviewed and reformed to provide small and medium size local governments with adequate funding for their urgent local infrastructure.
Author: United Cities and Local Governments
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Related Site: Link will open in new window.  UCLG Policy Paper on Local Finance
The UCLG Policy Paper on Local Finance was drafted by the UCLG Committee on Local Finance and Development and adopted by the World organization at the 2nd UCLG World Congress, held in Jeju on 28-31 October 2007. The recommendations call on local governments, central governments, donors, and international financial institutions to address urban expansion and the accompanying infrastructure requirements by redirecting development aid, and establishing national strategies to boost local public investment. At the global level, UCLG advocates that at least 20 percent of development aid and debt relief be allocated directly to local governments to enable them to address poverty reduction through public infrastructure provision. At the country level, UCLG proposes boosting local public investment through several courses of action: increased local government autonomy, fiscal decentralisation, regular financial transfers from central to local governments, revenue generation at the local level, and improving the ability of local governments to borrow. The Policy Paper sets out to give voice to a local government vision on financing with particular emphasis on how the relationships between local governments, multilateral organisations and national governments would ultimately shape such a process. The policy paper is an executive summary of the principles findings and recommendations from a broader technical paper, the UCLG Support Paper on Local Finance.
Author: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
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Acrobat PDF File  Intergovernmental Transfer Systems Discussion Paper
This paper provides a discussion of intergovernmental transfers that examines, in particular, the way that capital investment transfers and operating budget support can be designed to work together much more effectively. There is a sizeable collection of literature on intergovernmental transfers in developing countries but relatively little has been written on the subject of transfers for municipal capital investment. In addition, there has been relatively little in the literature on the practical issues in implementing reform in the system of transfers. This paper attempts to stimulate discussion on those particular aspects of intergovernmental transfers, building on the solid base of work that has already been done.
Author: RTI International
Modified: 20 Nov 2007
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Acrobat PDF File  EGAT Financial Sector Strategy. Program Development Tool
This Program Development Tool draws on substantial internal and external experience and expertise to define the pre-requisites that are necessary for municipal finance to be a viable product in a given country.
Author: USAID
Modified: 11 Oct 2007
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MS Word Document File  SOW: Contract Enforcement
Contracts used in the process of municipal finance are binding and provide financiers with a reasonable assurance of enforceability.
Author: MFTF
Modified: 11 Oct 2007
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