Thursday, June 19, 2014

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Reception will follow
Thursday, June 19, 2014
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Reception will follow
This event is sponsored by External and Corporate Relations, and the World Bank Institute's Urban Practice This event is sponsored by External and Corporate Relations, and the World Bank Institute's Urban Practice



Municipal Finances
Sameh Wahba
Sector Manager, Urban Development and Resilience Unit
World Bank
Anthony A. Williams
Former Mayor of Washington, D.C.
Chief Executive Officer, Federal City Council
Auditorium J1-050
World Bank J Building, 701 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20433
RSVP infoshopevents@worldbank.org
Auditorium J1-050
World Bank J Building, 701 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20433
RSVP infoshopevents@worldbank.org
Christine Kessides
Manager, Urban Practice
World Bank Institute, World Bank
Johannes Linn
Resident Senior Fellow, Emerging Markets Forum
Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez
Sector Director, Sustainable Development
Latin America and the Caribbean Region, World Bank
OPENING REMARKS DISCUSSANTS
CLOSING REMARKS
MODERATOR
presents
AUTHORS
Catherine Farvacque-Vitkovic
Lead Urban Specialist, Urban Practice
World Bank Institute, World Bank
Mihaly Kopanyi
Municipal Finance Consultant
A Handbook for Local Governments
Abha Joshi-Ghani
Director, Knowledge Exchange and Learning
World Bank Institute, World Bank
From Detroit to Lahore, cities face financing challenges. In an ever
urbanizing world, cities are important for national economies and
social prosperity and stability, but they are also very vulnerable to
any global financial crisis. Municipal Finances, A Handbook for
Local Governments focuses on a wide range of topics of interest
to cities from revenue management to self-assessment. This book
covers what works and what doesn't in municipal financing and
what cities can do to get their finances in order.