Fiscal Decentralization and Local Governance Training Course

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This is a post for a training resource for fiscal decentralization.  The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University offers an annual 3-week summer training course in Fiscal Decentralization and Local Governance, which has been offered since 2000.  The course provides a detailed overview of the theoretical and applied dimensions of intergovernmental fiscal relations and is designed to be most useful for central, regional and local government officials, policy makers and program managers from developing and transitional countries.  We also hold summer courses in Tax Policy and Revenue Forecasting & Public Budgeting and Financial Management.
 
In addition to exploring the conceptual underpinnings of fiscal decentralization reform, the decentralization course includes a  computer modeling component with particular emphasis on techniques for simulating the assignment of expenditure responsibilities, revenue sources and intergovernmental transfer schemes. The course further develops case studies of fiscal decentralization policies in a variety of developing and transition economies. A number of lectures further focus on related fiscal policy issues, such as sharing responsibilities for education between different levels of government, revenue opportunities for sub-national governments, and stimulating regional economic growth through tax incentives and subsidies.

The team of faculty that teach seminars are at the forefront of academic research on fiscal decentralization and actively apply their knowledge to the policy environment.  These include such experts as:

Regents Professor Roy Bahl - http://aysps.gsu.edu/roy-bahl.html

Regents Professor Jorge Martinez - http://aysps.gsu.edu/jorge-martinez.html

Professor Sally Wallace - http://aysps.gsu.edu/sally-wallace.html

More details on the course can be found at http://aysps.gsu.edu/isp/public_policy_summer_training.html

This year’s decentralization course is from July 5 – 22, 2011, but the course is run every year during this period of time.

The Andrew Young School also runs customized training programs in fiscal decentralization.  A good example of such a program is a recent program for Indonesia - http://aysps.gsu.edu/isp/3527.html

The course manager and contact for this program is Violeta Vulovic (ecovvx@langate.gsu.edu).