Bangladesh – Decentralization (2006)

	Andrey Timofeev Assistant Research Professor
	Paul Benson Project Administrator

For The United Nations Office of Project Services 

$29,812

August 5, 2006 – August 10, 2006

Project Summary

The United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) in collaboration the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies (AYSPS) Georgia State University (GSU), developed a detailed course covering the theoretical and applied dimensions of local government service delivery and intergovernmental fiscal relations, with a focus on developing and transition countries.

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Objectives

The program covers:

1. 1. 1. Designing and implementing fiscal systems for effective local government;
      2. Incentivizing improvements in local service delivery fiscal decentralization as a development strategy;
      3. Public private partnerships for financing local services, local budgeting and financial management in developing countries;
      4. Decentralized provision of education services; and
      5. Options for local taxes and local revenue mobilization

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Project Publications

* Analysis and redesign of the Intergovernmental fiscal relations and its impact on the territorial

* Sub-national Governance Training

* Analysis and redesign of intergovernmental fiscal relations and their impact on territorial equity

* Inter-municipal Cooperation for the Provision of Public Services

Project Team

		Andre Timofeev Assistant Research Professor Area of Expertise: Fiscal Decentralization, Program Evaluation
		Musharraf Cyan Assistant Research Professor Area of Expertise: Fiscal Decentralization, Tax Policy, Program Evaluation
		Mark Rider Associate Professor Area of Expertise: Fiscal Decentralization, Tax Policy, Program Evaluation, Revenue Forecasting
		Roy Bahl Founding Dean of Andrew Young School Area of Expertise: Fiscal Decentralization, Tax Policy