TY - BOOK ID - 84540172 TI - On the implementation of transfers to subnational governments AU - Ahmad, Ehtisham. AU - Searle, R. J. AU - International Monetary Fund. PY - 2005 SN - 1462394221 1452714851 128247426X 1451906854 9786613821799 PB - [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Dept., DB - UniCat KW - Electronic books. -- local. KW - Grants-in-aid. KW - Intergovernmental fiscal relations. KW - Subnational governments. KW - Subsidies. KW - Labor KW - Public Finance KW - Taxation KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General KW - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General KW - Employment KW - Unemployment KW - Wages KW - Intergenerational Income Distribution KW - Aggregate Human Capital KW - Aggregate Labor Productivity KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Labour KW - income economics KW - Expenditure KW - Public employment KW - Revenue administration KW - Revenue sharing KW - Administration in revenue administration KW - Expenditures, Public KW - Revenue KW - Economic theory KW - South Africa UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84540172 AB - This paper examines a typology of grants that are used across the world, and places these in the context of the overall constitutional and legal framework for a country. It looks at the options for grants, given the need to maintain overall macroeconomic stability, efficiency in the use of scarce resources as well as reduced horizontal disparities. The role of central objectives in a decentralized framework is also assessed. The paper argues for a comprehensive framework for grants, as well as a proper institutional framework to manage grants systems. ER -