This paper reveals that domestic credit is becoming more involved in local economic development, even if it is considered an expensive resource. The loans are presented as a resource available for various “actors” of the local community – individuals, business agents and local authorities.

The features of forming of financial resources, their of distribution in the conditions of acceptance of the new Budgetary code of Ukraine, are defined in the article. Further measures are offered on strengthening of budgetary-tax decentralization, creations financially of independent local...

The main objective of this paper was to evaluate the activity of local authorities, particularly cooperation activities with other entities (including APA) to develop and implement a common strategy of obtaining investment areas - including actions taken to promote investment areas. Uses the...

The paper defines conditions necessary for a financial base of a local government, proposes a technique to analyze the structure, fiscal sustainability and efficiency of subfederal fiscal policy examined on the basis of fiscal data on Novosibirsk Oblast for the period 2006–2012. We have...

The paper is based on intensive longitudinal field research. It suggests an interpretative model of territorial governement in France. Relations between national and local authorities as well as policy-making processes suggest that the centralized state has face a major decline of its hegemony...