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Performance-Based Fiscal Transfers for Urban Local Governments: Results and Lessons from Two Decades of World Bank Financing

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dc.contributor.authorLee, Hyunji
dc.contributor.authorAthar, Sohaib
dc.contributor.authorSteffensen, Jesper
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Roland
dc.contributor.authorMahgoub, Ayah
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-27T14:17:20Z
dc.date.available2022-11-27T14:17:20Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe ability of cities and municipalities to effectively deliver infrastructure and services and productively manage built environments and local economies depends on their institutional capabilities, quality of local governance, and financial resources at their disposal. Therefore, a core priority of governments is to strengthen the financial and institutional systems for cities and municipalities to enable them to perform these functions. One tool the World Bank has used to address this challenge over the past two decades is performance-based fiscal transfers to urban local governments - a type of financing mechanism designed to improve institutional and service delivery performance of these local governments. Generally known as ‘Urban Performance Grants’, these are fiscal transfers from a higher level of government conditioned on achieving performance in predetermined areas. The Bank’s Global Practice for Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land has implemented a large financing portfolio of such programs across several countries. This report takes stock of the results and implementation experience of these programs and identifies key lessons and good practices for the design of the next generation of such programs. Based on a review of nine financing programs across seven countries, it shows that they have generally been effective in delivering results in line with their development objectives and have improved the delivery of urban infrastructure and service delivery in their targeted areas. The report concludes by providing guidance on improving the sustainability of these programs within country systems and promoting local action for climate change mitigation and adaptation.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099310011182211024/P17612806c9f5206c0bd900a721112454c7
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/38342
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/38342
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank Group
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE-BASED
dc.subjectFISCAL TRANSFERS
dc.subjectURBAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectURBAN PERFORMANCE GRANTS
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subjectUPG SUSTAINABILITY
dc.titlePerformance-Based Fiscal Transfers for Urban Local Governmentsen
dc.title.subtitleResults and Lessons from Two Decades of World Bank Financingen
dc.typeReporten
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okr.crossref.titlePerformance-Based Fiscal Transfers for Urban Local Governments
okr.date.disclosure2022-11-21
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T10:28:51.413012Z
okr.date.lastmodified2022-11-23T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Financial Sector Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099310011182211024/P17612806c9f5206c0bd900a721112454c7
okr.guid099310011182211024
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okr.identifier.report177864
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099310011182211024/pdf/P17612806c9f5206c0bd900a721112454c7.pdfen
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicGovernance::Governance and the Financial Sector
okr.topicGovernance::Local Government
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Access to Finance
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Financial Structures
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Payment Systems & Infrastructure
okr.unitUrban GP (SURGP)
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