TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shastri, Paromita
TI  - How India's small towns live (or die): making sense of municipal finances
SN  - 8171888348
U1  - 336.01454 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Academic Foundation
KW  - Municipal finance
KW  - Small cities
KW  - Intergovernmental fiscal relations
KW  - Municipal government
KW  - Urbanization
N1  - 1. Will India Miss the Global Bus? Urbanisation and its Demands on Local Bodies --
2. A Constitutional Dependence: Local Bodies in Search of Space in India's Fiscal Federalism --
3. Devolving Neither Money Nor Power: The Role of SFCs in Strengthening Urban Local Bodies --
4. Handicapped by Birth: Weak Revenues and Fiscal Dependence of Municipal Bodies --
5. Neglecting Development: Spending Woes of Municipal Bodies --
6. Developing as Growth Engines: Urban Reform and the Role of Municipal Bodies --
7. Beyond the Fiscal Package: Local Governments as Executive Stakeholders
ER  -