Introduction -- Levels and trends in population distribution -- Internal migration -- Population distribution and population ageing -- Poverty in an urbanizing world -- Urbanization and access to basic services -- Urbanization and demographic behaviour -- Population distribution policies --...

This book analyzes the architecture of fiscal decentralization in one hundred and ten countries as well as in major metropolitan areas. In the majority of these countries, local authorities are taking on more and more responsibilities for public investment and the provision of services that are...