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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
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| Monday, April | |
| 14, 2008 | A Global Dialogue on Federalism Volume #4 |
| 12:00 - 2:00 pm | edited by Anwar Shah |
| Auditorium | |
| J1-050 | A comparative analysis of shifting fiscal |
| World Bank J | powers in twelve federal countries |
| Building | |
| 701 18th Street | Leading scholars and practitioners |
| NW | 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | For more information about the book and |
| | to order it, please click here. |
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