Search Results for: Fiscal Health

Presentation | 2018

The reality of sub-national taxation in conflict-affected states

Vanessa van den Boogaard
Taxation is critical to rebuilding infrastructure and ensuring sustainable peace and development in conflict-affected countries. However, when policymakers and international donors approach the task of rebuilding fiscal systems, they base their ideas on the experience of developed countries.
Find out more »
IMFG Paper | 2018

Returning to the Golden Rule of Balanced Budgets

Bernard Dafflon
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, both politicians and public finance economists focused their attention on ways to control public budget deficits and debt. Around the world, detailed and precise regulations affected how governments could deal with public deficit and debt.
Find out more »
Book | 2018

Fiscal Decentralization and Local Finance in Developing Countries

Richard M. Bird and Roy Bahl
As experience with decentralization has accumulated, perceptions of both the problems that often accompany decentralization and the best ways to deal with them have evolved. This book draws on experiences in developing countries to bridge the gap between the conventional textbook treatment of fiscal decentralization and the actual practice of subnational government finance.
Find out more »
IMFG Paper | 2018

The Public Finance Challenges of Fracking for Local Governments in the United States

Austin Zwick
Fracking has revolutionized international oil and gas markets practically overnight, but its impact on local public finance and governance have largely been overlooked. While operating under federal and state constraints, the key ongoing policy question is whether and to what extent local governments can – and should – have the power to manage the industry’s effects on their communities.
Find out more »
Search Research Archive
Recent News
Follow Us on Twitter
Join Our Mailing List
* indicates required