Holding Canada's Cities to Account: An Assessment of Municipal Fiscal Management

ISBN-10
0888068565
ISBN-13
9780888068569
Category
Municipal finance
Pages
17
Language
English
Published
2011
Authors
William Bertie Provost Robson, Benjamin Dachis, Institut C.D. Howe

Description

"In this issue... Despite their importance in Canadians' lives and their cost, most Canadian cities have rudimentary financial controls and routinely miss their bidget tagets. Better budgeting and reporting could raise their performance and make cities more accountable to taxpayers." -- cover.

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