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This book is based upon a comparative public administration research project, initiated by the Hertie School of Governance (Germany) and the Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany) and supported by a network of researchers from many EU countries. It analyzes both the regimes and the practices of local fiscal regulation in 21 European countries. The book brings together key findings of this research project. The regulatory discussion is not limited to the prominent issue of fiscal rules but focuses on every component of regulation. Beyond this, the book covers affiliated topics such as the impact of regulation for local governments, evolution of regulation, administrative costs and crisis prevention...
This book presents new research results on the challenges of local politics in different European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordic countries and Switzerland, together with theoretical considerations on the further development and strengthening of local self-government. It focuses on analyses of the most recent developments in local democracy and administration.
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Information Resolution and Subnational Capital Markets argues that capital markets are a viable financing alternative for subnational borrowers. It explains how subnational governments can manage their fiscal and debt choices to leverage capital markets to finance efficient, effective, and equitable infrastructure provision.
In Para-States and Medical Science, P. Wenzel Geissler and the contributors examine how medicine and public health in Africa have been transformed as a result of economic and political liberalization and globalization, intertwined with epidemiological and technological changes. The resulting fragmented medical science landscape is shaped and sustained by transnational flows of expertise and resources. NGOs, universities, pharmaceutical companies and other nonstate actors now play a significant role in medical research and treatment. But as the contributors to this volume argue, these groups have not supplanted the primacy of the nation-state in Africa. Although not necessarily stable or resp...
Kommunalfinanzen reflektieren gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen wie z.B. soziale Spaltung, Migrationsbewegungen oder Rezessionen. Die daraus resultierenden Herausforderungen können einen Kommunalhaushalt vor immense Probleme stellen. Dieses Buch ist bundesweit einsetzbar und analysiert die Grundzüge der Kommunalfinanzen praxisnah und anschaulich anhand von sieben häufigen Problemlagen wie z.B. Haushaltsdefizit, Gemeindefinanzreform oder Fiskalföderalismus. Es gibt keine Beschränkung auf Stadtfinanzen, auch Kreisfinanzen werden beleuchtet. Über die Analyse hinaus werden profunde und z.T. weitreichende Lösungsansätze aufgezeigt – damit eine möglichst hohe Lebensqualität in den Kommunen erhalten bleibt.
Das steigende Volumen der Liquiditätskredite gefährdet insbesondere in Nordrhein-Westfalen die Fähigkeit der Gemeinden, ihre Aufgaben dauerhaft erfüllen zu können. Christian Fritze analysiert das die kommunalen Finanzen determinierende rechtliche, politische und wirtschaftliche System und identifiziert dessen Schwächen, um anschließend neue Systeme zu entwickeln, durch die die Kommunalfinanzen stabilisiert werden können.
Through a comparative analysis of the development of auditing practices in governments across the globe, Auditing Practices in Local Governments: An International Comparison provides a contemporary overview of public sector auditing practices at both local and state level.