This book provides a comprehensive treatment of traditional as well as newer topics in local public, fiscal and financial management principles and practices. It covers traditional topics of local public management, local revenue administration with special emphasis on property tax...

1. Introduction -- 2. Local Tax Administration -- 3. The Practice of Real Property Taxation in the World -- 4. Municipal Budgeting and Accounting -- 5. Local Fiscal Discipline -- 6. Local Public Infrastructure and Corruption -- 7. Measuring and Monitoring Local Government Performance -- 8....