Shastri, Paromita

How India's Small Towns Live (or Die) Making Sense of Municipal Finances - New Delhi Academic Foundation 2011 - 180p.

List of Tables, Figures and Annexures p.7, Foreword p.11, Introduction p.13, 1. Will India Miss the Global Bus? Urbanisation and its Demands on Local Bodies p.17, 2. A Constitutional Dependence: Local Bodies in Search of Space in India's Fiscal Federalism p.41, 3. Devolving Neither Money Nor Power: The Role of SFCs in Strengthening Urban Local Bodies p.57, 4. Handicapped by Birth: Weak Revenues and Fiscal Dependence of Municipal Bodies p.69, 5. Neglecting Development: Spending Woes of Municipal Bodies p.91, 6. Developing as Growth Engines: Urban Reform and the Role of Municipal Bodies p.103, 7. Beyond the Fiscal Package: Local Governments as Executive Stakeholders p.125, References and Further Reading. p.141, Annexures p.145

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