Triggering Increased City-Level Public Finance for Pro-Poor Sanitation Improvements The Role of Political Economy and Fiscal Instruments, 2014. Urban; WSUP.
Authors: Jamie Boex; Benjamin Edwards.
The goal of this background paper is to provide a general framework for understanding the political economy and fiscal determinants of sanitation service provision by urban local governments. The paper will review existing literature to begin answering several questions: what do we expect to influence spending on local sanitation? Do different fiscal instruments have an impact on expenditure levels? Do increased local revenues lead to increased expenditures over the long term? What role do different stakeholders play in determining expenditure levels?
The paper first briefly looks at the role of political factors in constraining local expenditure decisions. Having established the political context fors anitation finance, the paper then turns to a more in-depth review of the fiscal determinants of service delivery expenditures.
