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Local Government Financial Reform in Developing Countries

The Case of Tanzania

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  • © 2006

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Authors:
  1. Jameson Boex

    1. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, USA

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  2. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

    1. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. An Overview of Local Government Finance Reform in Tanzania

    1. An Overview of Local Government Finance Reform in Tanzania

      • Jameson Boex, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
      Pages 1-20

  3. The Assignment of Expenditure Responsibilities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. The Assignment of Expenditure Responsibilities to the Local Government Level

      • Jameson Boex, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
      Pages 23-43

    3. The Management of Local Government Finances: Local Planning, Budgeting, and Service Delivery

      • Jameson Boex, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
      Pages 44-58

  4. The Revenue Assignment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Local Government Taxes in Tanzania: Weaknesses of the Current System of Local Government Revenues

      • Jameson Boex, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
      Pages 61-90

    3. The Proposed Transformation of the Local Government Revenue System in Tanzania

      • Jameson Boex, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
      Pages 91-108

  5. Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Principles for Developing a Sound Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer System

      • Jameson Boex, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
      Pages 111-139

    3. Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers in Tanzania: An Assessment of the Previous System of Local Government Allocations

      • Jameson Boex, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
      Pages 140-152

    4. The New System of Formula-based Grants in Tanzania

      • Jameson Boex, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
      Pages 153-175

  6. Local Government Borrowing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. The Role of Local Government Borrowing in Tanzania’s System of Local Government Finance

      • Jameson Boex, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
      Pages 179-191

  7. Moving Forward and Lessons

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Moving Forward: Local Government Finance and Tanzania’s Poverty Reduction Strategy

      • Jameson Boex, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
      Pages 195-211

    3. Lessons from Tanzania’s Local Government Finance Reform Experience

      • Jameson Boex, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
      Pages 212-222

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 223-242
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About this book

This book analyzes recent local government finance reforms in Tanzania, including the introduction of a formula-based system of intergovernmental grants. Due to the scope and speed of Tanzania's local government finance reforms, the country is becoming one of the best-practice examples of fiscal decentralization reform in Africa.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, USA

    Jameson Boex, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

About the authors

JAMESON BOEX is a Research Professor of Economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, USA, and has been closely involved in local government finance reforms in Tanzania since 2002. He specializes in the analysis of intergovernmental transfer arrangements and has led and contributed to policy reforms and research projects on intergovernmental fiscal relations, tax policy and fiscal management issues in twelve transitional and developing countries.

JORGE MARTINEZ-VAZQUEZ is a Professor of Economics and Director of the International Studies Programme at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, USA. He enjoys worldwide recognition as a leading expert on fiscal decentralization, tax policy and administration, and fiscal management, and has directed, managed and served as a senior economist on policy reform projects in over 30 countries around the world.

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