TY - BOOK AU - Devas, Nick AU - Alam, Munawwar AU - Delay, Simon AU - Koranteng, Roger O. AU - Venkatachalam, Pritha TI - Financing local government T2 - Commonwealth Secretariat local government reform series SN - 978-0-85092-853-2 CY - London KW - LOCAL GOVERNMENT KW - FINANCING KW - COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT KW - INVESTMENT KW - BUDGETING KW - EXPENDITURE KW - AUDITING KW - DECENTRALIZATION KW - ACCOUNTING N2 - Explores the variety of methods used to ensure that fiscal decentralization takes place alongside administrative decentralization. Considers the range of revenue sources available, the design of systems of intergovernmental transfers between central and local government, and the kinds of rules and procedures necessary to ensure that local governments use their financial resources appropriately. ER -