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082 _a336.01454
_bSHA/H
100 _aShastri, Paromita
245 0 _aHow India's small towns live (or die): making sense of municipal finances/
_cParomita Shastri
260 _aNew Delhi:
_bAcademic Foundation,
_c2011.
300 _a180 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
505 _a1. 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.
650 _aMunicipal finance
650 _aSmall cities
650 _aIntergovernmental fiscal relations
650 _aMunicipal government
650 _aUrbanization
942 _cWB16