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This chapter delineates policy issues underlying government budgets as well as approaches to supporting public finances, particularly through inter-governmental transfers. It reflects on debates about the policy process during the past half-century of government-led development policies, whether in urban sanitation, water management, health services, education or similar areas.
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Björkman, J.W. (2010). Budget Support for Local Government: Theory and Practice. In: Kurian, M., McCarney, P. (eds) Peri-urban Water and Sanitation Services. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9425-4_7
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