Achievements and challenges of fiscal decentralization : lessons from Mexico

This book documents Mexico ' s decentralization experience as well as conceptualizing its main trends, policies, and options, and brings them into the light of international comparison. It focuses on what is needed to develop a sustainable decentralization strategy for Mexico, and the necessary...

• Other Authors: Giugale, Marcelo M, ed
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2000
• Subjects: FEDERALISMO FISCAL; IMPUESTOS; DEUDA; MEXICO; AMERICA LATINA; AUTONOMIA FISCAL; DESCENTRALIZACION FISCAL

Table of Contents:

• Contenido: Overview / Marcelo Giugale, Vinh Nguyen, Fernando Rojas, and Steven B. Webb
• 1. Principles of decentralization / Thomas Courchene, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Charles E. McLure, Jr., and Steven B. Webb
• 2. Historical forces: geographic and political / Thomas Courchene, Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, and Steven B. Webb
• 3. Assignment of spending responsabilities and service delivery / Enrique Cabrero Mendoza and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
• 4. Tax assignment / Alberto Díaz-Cayeros and Charles E. McLure, Jr.
• 5. Transfers and the nature of the Mexican Federation / Thomas Courchene and Alberto Díaz-Cayeros
• 6. Subnational borrowing and debt management / Marcelo Giugale, Fausto Hernandez Trillo, and Joao C. Oliveira