IMPROVED REVENUE GENERATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION Local governments operate at the grassroots and are expected to provide services to their stakeholders. In a federal system like Nigeria‚ local governments are close to the people and hence could effectively alter socioeconomic and political conditions within their jurisdictions. Apart from providing and maintaining basic infrastructures‚ local governments can complement the economic activities of other levels of government. This
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REVENUE GENERATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS IN NIGERIA. A CASE STUDY OF OBAFEMI/OWODE LOCAL GOVERNMENT Submitted by DAIRO ISAAC KUNLE Dept. Of Economics‚ University of Ibadan RESEARCH PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION Local governments are potentially very important for Nigeria as they play a significant role in generating revenue and encouraging civil involvement‚ as well as creating a visible link between taxes and service delivery. The increasing cost of running government coupled with dwindling revenue
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A Review of Revenue Generation in Nigeria Local Government: A Case Study of Ekiti State Destiny Chiagozie Abstract: Local government is faced with varieties of difficulties to source adequate revenue from federal government‚ state government and the internally generated revenue‚ such problems are cogwheel to the smooth running of local government administration. They are; the dishonesty on the part of officers collecting the revenues‚ such as cases of printing receipts by the officers had been
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DRAFT MANAGING LOCAL REVENUE IN INDONESIA Raksaka Mahi *) Prepared for: CAN DECENTRALIZATION HELP REBUILD INDONESIA? A Conference Sponsored by the International Studies Program‚ Andrew Young School of Policy Studies‚ Georgia State University‚ Atlanta May 1- 3‚ 2002 Introduction The role of local owned revenues had been very small for a long period of time. In the past‚ almost ninety percent of total district’s revenue came from central government transfers and subsidies. Moreover‚ those transfers
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Revenue has become the lifeblood of the government from the moment the Philippines had been given the freedom to establish its own system of governance and formulate laws which formally states the people’s rights‚ duties and obligations. However‚ for the country to continuously sustain the needs of its citizens it has to generate revenues from the different sources available. How will the national government implement the maximization of revenues from local communities
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Reality of Fiscal Decentralization ROY BAHL Georgia State University The growing interest in fiscal decentralization in Asia is part of a worldwide pattern. Most developing countries have long ago placed the strengthening of sub-national government on their development policy agenda. Decentralization is an important part of the transition strategy for many former socialist countries. Some industrialized countries are retuning their fiscal decentralization (Canada) while others have introduced
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Introduction…………………………………………………………………………p.g.2 2. What is local government?…………………………………………………………….p.2 3. Hierarchy Roles of local government…………………………………………………p.2-3 4. Functions of local government………………………………………………………..p.g.3 (4.1) Line functions………………………………………………………………………p.3 (4.2) Supporting functions……………………………………………………………….p.3 5. Values and principles for local government…………………………………………..p.4 6. Challenges that affect local government………………………………………………p.5 7. Strategies to overcome these
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT The national government in the 1990s sought to upgrade local government by delegating some limited powers to local subdivisions and by encouraging people to participate in the community affairs. Local autonomy was balanced‚ however‚ against the need to ensure effective political and administrative control from Manila especially in those areas where communist insurgent were active. The 1987 Constitution retain the three-tiered structure of local government. The
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“sluggish thermostat”. It delays in taking action until crisis develops. This trend seems to be affecting a number of Local Authorities in Zimbabwe. Local Authorities like any organization are in an open system. They influence and are influenced by the environment in which they operate. This lead to a state of dynamic (changing) equilibrium between the organization and its environment. As a local Authority it translates political vision into implementable policies and programmes that transforms the daily
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7/27/2010 ADS 505 Local Government: Chapter 3 Local Government Typology of Local Governments Typology of Local Governments Patronage Model o Patronage Model o Economic Development Model o Welfare State Model Patronage Model Political leaders often have a great deal of patronage at their disposal Patronage is recognized as a power of the e ecut ve branch. executive b a c . In most countries‚ the ost cou t es‚ t e executive has the right to make many appointments
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