Research Catalog

Title

The local alternative : decentralization and economic development / the Inter-American Development Bank ; Rafael de la Cruz, Carlos Pineda Mannheim, Caroline Pöschl, editors.

Publication

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Additional Authors

• Cruz, Rafael de la
• Mannheim, Carlos Pineda.
• Pöschl, Caroline.
• Inter-American Development Bank.

Description

xxii, 304 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This book offers a step forward in finding out how the new decentralized institutional arrangements affect local economic development. In particular, it analyzes how local governments can use their increasing powers and responsibilities to improve productivity and quality of life in their territories.

Subject

• Economic development > Latin America
• Economic development > Caribbean Area
• Decentralization in government > Latin America
• Decentralization in government > Caribbean Area
• Decentralization in government
• Economic development
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Exploring conditions for local economic development in decentralized systems of government / Tim Campbell -- The experience of decentralization and local development in Latin America / Rafael de la Cruz -- Alternative decentralization models and the Chilean experience / Mario Marcel -- Mississauga, Canada : from a small community to a dynamic urban center / Hazel McCallion -- Washington, DC : restoring the capital of the United States / Anthony Williams -- Catalonia : overcoming budgetary limits with public-private partnership and performance-based budgeting / Salvador Maluquer I Amorôs and Anna Tarrach I Colls -- Revitalizing urban centers / Mauricio Silva and Roberto Chávez -- Decentralization and macroeconomic control / Ernesto Stein -- Lessons from the Argentinean case of the 1990s / Roberto Lavagna -- Fiscal decentralization and macroeconomic performance / Anwar Shah -- The political economy of decentralization and good governance in Latin America / Ehtisham Ahmad and Mercedes García-Escribano -- Financing and public services in Belo Horizonte / Júlio Ribeiro Pires and Álvaro Pio Júnior -- Reforming Mexico's fiscal federalism / José Antonio González Anaya -- Subnational entity credit-risk ratings / Victor Manuel Herrera, Daniela Brandazza, and Fabiola Ortíz -- Structural funds for regional development in the European Union / Rosa Cobo Mayoral -- Regional systems of innovation in Latin America / Juan Carlos Navarro -- Doing business : how to improve local competitiveness / Fernanda Almeida -- Decentralization, competitiveness, and globalization : opportunities and challenges / Eduardo Wiesner -- Decentralization in Colombia and the transformation of Bogotá / Jaime Castro -- The private sector as a promoter of citizen control in Colombia / María Fernanda Campo -- Decentralization and governance : from authoritarianism to national dialogue in Bolivia / Ronald MacLean Abaroa.

ISBN

• 9780230111752 (hbk.)
• 0230111750 (hbk.)
• 9780230111769 (pbk.)
• 0230111769 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2011000620

OCLC

662407385

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library