Financing Governmental Decentralization

Elinor Ostrom is Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science at Indiana University and codirector of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis there. Larry Schroeder is professor of public administration and economics at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. Susan Wynne is a research associate at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis.

• Preface -- Governmental Decentralization in Bangladesh -- Local Government Structure -- Intergovernmental Grants -- The Immovable Property Transfer Tax -- The Land Development Tax -- The Holdings Tax -- Business Taxes and Fees -- Voluntarism -- Strengthening Local Governments in Bangladesh