Description: Estimating Financing Needs for Local Services in Madagascar

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Estimating Financing Needs for Local Services in Madagascar

This note presents the methodology and findings of a field study on the financing needs of Madagascar's communes-the country's lowest but most institutionally advanced level of subnational government. Following a first round of municipal...

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Main Author:	Febgler, Wolfgang
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING CENTRAL MINISTRIES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY GROUPS DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DONOR FINANCING ELECTIONS EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCING GAP FINANCING GAPS HEALTH CARE INCOME INVESTMENT FUNDS LOCAL FINANCE LOCAL FINANCING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL REVENUE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY RESOURCE USE REVENUE COLLECTION SANITATION SERVICE CAPACITY SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION USER CHARGES USER FEES WASTE DISPOSAL WATER SERVICES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/5529892/estimating-financing-needs-local-services-madagascar http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9689

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Summary:	This note presents the methodology and findings of a field study on the financing needs of Madagascar's communes-the country's lowest but most institutionally advanced level of subnational government. Following a first round of municipal elections in 1995, more than 1,500 communes are now formally responsible for maintaining basic administrative services and social and economic infrastructure, including local waste disposal and sanitation. In addition, communes are responsible for identifying and coordinating local investments and for supporting implementation of the national Poverty Reduction Strategy at the local level.