Urban Public Finance in Developing Countries
- ISBN-10
- 0195211227
- ISBN-13
- 9780195211221
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 552
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Johannes F. Linn, Roy W. Bahl
Description
Now available in paperback, his encyclopedic volume quantifies and describes the detail of local fiscal practices in developing countries and the most common data problems that arise in cross-national analysis. Proven to be an important resource for the study of urban finance, it remains one of the most comprehensive reviews of municipal financing in developing countries to date.
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