Struggles over what a region receives, or should receive, from the budget of the central government are common to many countries. Discussions often focus on the measures of 'net fiscal flows' or 'fiscal balances' provided by the government or other actors. This unique book shows just how these...

There is a large body of literature measuring interregional fiscal flows through federal fiscal policy in the European and North American contexts. However, federal countries in the developing world have not received similar attention. This article provides the first published estimates of...