Financing metropolitan areas in Brazil: political, institutional and legal obstacles and emergence of new proposals for improving coordination

Rezende, Fernando; Garson, Sol

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“…It has operated on the basis of pilot projects that have incrementally built up trust among the main actors (Klink 2002). It needs to find better financing mechanisms, however, and to improve its relationship with the state government and increase the participation of municipal councils (Rezende and Garson 2006;Rodriguez-Pose, Tomaney, and Klink 2000).…”

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Managing The Coordination Of Service Delivery In Metropolitan Cities : The Role Of Metropolitan Governance

Slack¹

2007

Policy Research Working Papers

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Managing The Coordination Of Service Delivery In Metropolitan Cities : The Role Of Metropolitan Governance

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2007

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“…The municipalities are entitled to 25 per cent of the ICMS revenue insurance. Source: Rezende and Garson (2004).…”

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“…23. According to Rezende and Garson (2004), the 10 main metropolitan areas, accounting for 30 per cent of the population and 50 per cent of GDP, received only 12.7 per cent of FPM funds in 2002. 24.…”

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Financing Cities: Fiscal Responsibility and Urban Infrastructure in Brazil, China, India, Poland and South Africa

Annez¹,

Peterson²

2007

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Cities are the engines that drive national economic growth. By clustering complementary economic activities, intellectual and financial capital, and entrepreneurial energy, they raise labour productivity and create the potential for sustainable growth through urbanization as low-productivity rural labourers move to the cities. The backbone of a well-functioning city is its urban infrastructure-the network of roads, distribution of electricity, water supply and waste removal-which allows residents and firms to work productively under high-density conditions. We in India have come to appreciate the critical nature of urban infrastructure. The floods in Mumbai reminded us that even as we frame fundamental economic reforms, the biggest gap in India's infrastructure remains urban infrastructure. The whole world envies the congregation of brilliant, entrepreneurial people in Bangalore, but the city is dying a slow death owing to a congested and dysfunctional infrastructural system. This growing 'urban infrastructure deficit' needs to be corrected as quickly as possible, because growing cities are India's future. From one perspective, the urban infrastructure challenge is a challenge for public finance; in a federal system, it's a challenge also for intergovernmental finance. As this volume makes clear, large sums will be required in all countries to invest adequately in urban infrastructure and to operate and maintain systems once they are built. For some advocates of fiscal federalism, the only solution lies in transferring greater revenue-raising powers to local governments. However, what are needed are reliable revenue streams that can be dedicated to infrastructure support. Much of the financing for electricity distribution, water supply, sanitation and waste removal can

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“…According to Rezende and Garson (2004), the 10 main metropolitan areas, accounting for 30 percent of the population and 50 percent of GDP, received only 12.7 percent of FPM funds in 2002. Other Revenues 1.0 0.6 0.4 Source: Rezende and Garson (2004).…”

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Fiscal Responsibility Legislation and Fiscal Adjustment: The Case of Brazilian Local Governments

Mello¹

2007

Financing Cities: Fiscal Responsibility and Urban Infrastructure in Brazil, China, India, Poland and South Africa

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This paper discusses trends in fiscal adjustment in Brazil since the 1990s, with particular emphasis on the strengthening of institutions for fiscal policymaking, and its effect on local government finances and their ability to invest in infrastructure building and upgrading. Although fiscal adjustment, which is ongoing, has taken a toll on the government's ability to finance much-needed infrastructure investment, it is not the only culprit. A lack of budget flexibility, against a backdrop of increasing downward rigidities in current spending, also constrains the government's ability to invest. The paper argues that regulatory uncertainty in many sectors, particularly water/sanitation, in which the municipalities play a leading role, has discouraged private sector investment and that the financing of infrastructure building and upgrading goes beyond the municipal level of government. Higher-level jurisdictions are responsible for financing investment in energy and transport infrastructure, for example.

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Financing metropolitan areas in Brazil: political, institutional and legal obstacles and emergence of new proposals for improving coordination

Cited by 8 publications

References 2 publications

Managing The Coordination Of Service Delivery In Metropolitan Cities : The Role Of Metropolitan Governance

Managing The Coordination Of Service Delivery In Metropolitan Cities : The Role Of Metropolitan Governance

Financing Cities: Fiscal Responsibility and Urban Infrastructure in Brazil, China, India, Poland and South Africa

Fiscal Responsibility Legislation and Fiscal Adjustment: The Case of Brazilian Local Governments

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