Intergovernmental Fiscal Cooperation and Subnational Revenue Autonomy
This paper focuses on two distinct but interrelated subjects. First, it discusses how cooperation among and within the different levels of government can help improve macro-fiscal management, as well as various aspects of intergovernmental fiscal relations. These include the delivery of subnational goods and services, the system of intergovernmental transfers, and the control of subnational indebtedness. Second, the paper highlights the benefits of, and obstacles to, subnational revenue autonomy and points to appropriate own-revenue sources for regional and local governments. It also discusses how intergovernmental cooperation can help subnational governments strengthen their revenue administration capacity. The paper was prepared as a result of the 2017 International Forum of the Decentralization and Subnational Fiscal Management Network of Latin America and the Caribbean, led by the Fiscal Management Division of the Inter-American Development Bank. It utilizes a number of country experiences from within and outside the region to illustrate successful approaches to the challenges of intergovernmental cooperation and subnational revenue mobilization.
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| Language: | English |
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Inter-American Development Bank
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| Subjects: | Decentralization, Fiscal Decentralization, Tax Revenue, Municipal Government, Fiscal Rule, Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer, Property Tax, H77 - Intergovernmental Relations • Federalism • Secession, H70 - State and Local Government • Intergovernmental Relations: General, H71 - State and Local Taxation Subsidies and Revenue, H74 - State and Local Borrowing, H72 - State and Local Budget and Expenditures, fiscal decentralization;intergovernmental fiscal cooperation;subnational fiscal autonomy;subnational governments, |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002212 https://publications.iadb.org/en/intergovernmental-fiscal-cooperation-and-subnational-revenue-autonomy |
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| Summary: | This paper focuses on two distinct but interrelated subjects. First, it discusses how cooperation among and within the different levels of government can help improve macro-fiscal management, as well as various aspects of intergovernmental fiscal relations. These include the delivery of subnational goods and services, the system of intergovernmental transfers, and the control of subnational indebtedness. Second, the paper highlights the benefits of, and obstacles to, subnational revenue autonomy and points to appropriate own-revenue sources for regional and local governments. It also discusses how intergovernmental cooperation can help subnational governments strengthen their revenue administration capacity. The paper was prepared as a result of the 2017 International Forum of the Decentralization and Subnational Fiscal Management Network of Latin America and the Caribbean, led by the Fiscal Management Division of the Inter-American Development Bank. It utilizes a number of country experiences from within and outside the region to illustrate successful approaches to the challenges of intergovernmental cooperation and subnational revenue mobilization. |
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