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Ballard R and Rosenbaum A (1999) Reforming Municipal Budgeting and Financial Management
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Casper G and Taylor MM (1996) Negotiating Democracy: Transitions from Authoritarian Rule.
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and Beyond. New York: UN/DDSMS.
Ellis JJ (2013) Revolutionary Summer The Birth of American Independence. New York: Alfred
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Faguet JP, Fox AM and Poschl C (2015) Decentralizing for a Deeper, More Supple Democracy.
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Cambridge University Press.
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Baltimore: The John Hokins University Press.
Grindle MS. (2009) Going Local Decentralization Democratization and the Promise of Good
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Governance, Decentralization and Participation – Meta Governance Perspectives 14, (1): 18-46
Tallin University of Technology.
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corruption, fiscal management and growth in developing and emerging market economies: A
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world. First Global Report. Barcelona: United Cities and Local Governments.
United Cities and Local Governments (2010) Gold II Local Government Finance: The
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Urban Institute and Brookings Institution (2014) The Tax Policy Briefing Book. The Tax Policy
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