Metropolitan Cities in the National Fiscal and Institutional Structure

The Webinar will address the important yet neglected issue of how urban public finance in developing counties are situated in the broader national fiscal, institutional and political framework. The details and dynamics of this framework affect the ability of urban government to operate with legitimacy and to preform effectively. Much fiscal analysis of urban governments has been too centered on normative diagnostics that are limited in scope and inadequately consider key factors which affect fiscal performance. The webinar will also introduce Metropolitan area Coordination Frameworks as a necessary condition to ensure effective metropolitan finance. This is part of a webinar series on Planning and Financing Metropolitan Governments organized by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the World Bank Institute. This webinar series is based on the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy publication on Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries (Bahl, Linn and Wetzel, editors 2013), which provides a unique entry point to engage cities who are addressing the complex task of financing infrastructure and services across jurisdictional boundaries. Each webinar will present highlights of key themes covered in a chapter in order to enable a global conversation on metropolitan finance. For information on Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries please see www.lincolninst.edu. The Webinar will address the important yet neglected issue of how urban public finance in developing counties are situated in the broader national fiscal, institutional and political framework. The details and dynamics of this framework affect the ability of urban government to operate with legitimacy and to preform effectively. Much fiscal analysis of urban governments has been too centered on normative diagnostics that are limited in scope and inadequately consider key factors which affect fiscal performance. The webinar will also introduce Metropolitan area Coordination Frameworks as a necessary condition to ensure effective metropolitan finance. This is part of a webinar series on Planning and Financing Metropolitan Governments organized by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the World Bank Institute. This webinar series is based on the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy publication on Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries (Bahl, Linn and Wetzel, editors 2013), which provides a unique entry point to engage cities who are addressing the complex task of financing infrastructure and services across jurisdictional boundaries. Each webinar will present highlights of key themes covered in a chapter in order to enable a global conversation on metropolitan finance. For information on Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries please see www.lincolninst.edu.