Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 1999 (Chapters: 30) ; Decentralization and Accountability of the Public Sector ; Proceedings of a Conference held in Valdivia, Chile

from the Table of Contents: Introduction: Overview and Political Origins of Decentralization in LAC; Framework for Fiscal Federalism: Making Local Governments Accountable to Average People in Cities and Villages - Challenges and Next Steps in Latin America; Making Decentralization Compatible with Macroeconomic Stability; Transfers and Incentives - International Experience; Equity and Decentralization; Sectoral Issues: Education; Health; Environment; Roads; Local Sanitation; Local Financing and Management Capacity: Recent Developments in Subnational Tax Regimes; Subnational VATs; Local Property Tax; Credit Access; Capacity for Local Accountability; Closing Session;