Poverty Reduction & Economic Management Division
INVITE YOU TO A LAUNCH OF A RECENT McGILL-QUEENS PRESS PUBLICATION
CHAIRED BY
Justin Yifu Lin
Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Research Economics, World
Bank
PRESENTED BY EDITOR
Anwar Shah
Lead economist and Program Leader, Public Sector Governance, World Bank
Institute
Executive Board Member, International Institute of Public Finance
Fellow, The Institute for Public Economics
COMMENTS BY
Teresa Ter-Minassian
Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund
Monday, April 14, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Auditorium J1-050
World Bank J Building
701 18th Street NW
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The Practice of Fiscal Federalism
Comparative Perspectives
A Global Dialogue on Federalism Volume #4
edited by Anwar Shah
A comparative analysis of shifting fiscal powers in twelve federal countries
Leading scholars and practitioners examine constitutional design and taxing,
spending, and regulatory responsibilities at the federal, state/provincial, and
local/municipal levels in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia,
Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. This
volume also explores the effects of intergovernmental fiscal relations on
securing economic unions and improving social welfare.
Contributors provide a fascinating account of how federal countries are
confronting the traditional challenges of conflicts over division of fiscal
powers while also coping with emerging challenges of globalization and citizen
empowerment arising from the information revolution. They analyze how
relationships and roles of different orders of government are being reshaped and
show how local solutions inspired by global principles help strengthen
government accountability and improve the quality of life for citizens.
For more information about the book and to order it, please click here.
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