Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999

Intro -- Contents -- From Globalization to Localization -- The Political Context of Decentralization in Latin America -- The Politics of Decentralization in Latin America -- The Participation-Accountability Nexus and Decentralization in Latin America -- Macroeconomic Management in Decentralized Democracies: The Quest for Hard Budget Constraints in Latin America -- Transfers and Incentives in Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations -- An 'Incomplete-Contracts' Approach to Intergovernmental Transfer Systems in Latin America -- Governance and Incentives in the Public Hospital Sector -- Equity and the Decentralization of Social Services -- Education Decentralization in Latin America: The Effects on the Quality of Schooling -- Decentralization in the Health Sector: The Spanish Example -- Decentralization of Health Services in Latin American Countries: Issues and Some Lessons -- Decentralized Environmental Management -- Effective Decentralization of Roads: Lessons from the Latin American Experience -- Decentralization and Municipal Solid Waste Management: Lessons from a Decade of World Bank Lending -- Subnational Revenues: Realities and Prospects -- Subnational Taxation and Treatment of Interstate Trade in Brazil: Problems and a Proposed Solution -- Local Taxes: Lessons Learned on the Implementation of Real Property Tax -- Subnational Governments and Credit Markets: Selected Cases -- Financial Resources of European Local Governments: Budgetary Structures and Borrowings -- About Transparency in Local Management -- Closing Panel Challenges of Decentralization: Accountability, Efficiency, Equity, and Financial Soundness.