Transforming local finance

Local fiscal administration has been transformed in the past five years. The gains are, however, minimal and rest on shaky grounds. While the fiscal position of local government units (LGUs) has improved vis-a-vis the national government, the improvement has been quite modest and has shown signs of...

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Published in:	Philippine Journal of Public Administration Vol. XLI, no. 1-4 (Jan. 1997 - Oct. 1997), 239-276
Main Author:	Cuaresma, Jocelyn C.
Resource Type:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	1997
Subjects:	Local government > Finance Public spending Government spending policy Internal revenue Taxation


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