Juraj Nemec is Professor of Public Finance and Public Management at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Czech Republic and part time Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University, Slovakia. He has served as a member of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration for the United Nations. Michal Plaček is Professor of Public Policy at Charles University, Czech Republic, and a research affiliate at the Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative at Arizona State University, USA. Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy is Emeritus Professor and local government specialist at the School of Management, IT and Governance, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. He is currently the Vice-Chairperson of the Policy and Programme Committee of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences, and also serves on its Council of Administration.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Impact of Fiscal Transfers on Local Democracy.- Chapter 2: Albania.- Chapter 3: Czech Republic.- Chapter 4: India.- Chapter 5: Indonesia.- Chapter 6: Japan.- Chapter 7: Lithuania.- Chapter 8: Philippines.- Chapter 9: Slovak Republic.- Chapter 10: South Africa.- Chapter 11: Sweden.- Chapter 12: Uganda.- Chapter 13: Transfers and Local Democracy:  A Comparative Global Perspective.

Juraj Nemec is Professor of Public Finance and Public Management at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Czech Republic and part time Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University, Slovakia. He has served as a member of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration for the United Nations. Michal Plaček is Professor of Public Policy at Charles University, Czech Republic, and a research affiliate at the Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative at Arizona State University, USA. Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy is Emeritus Professor and local government specialist at the School of Management, IT and Governance, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. He is currently the Vice-Chairperson of the Policy and Programme Committee of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences, and also serves on its Council of Administration.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Impact of Fiscal Transfers on Local Democracy.- Chapter 2: Albania.- Chapter 3: Czech Republic.- Chapter 4: India.- Chapter 5: Indonesia.- Chapter 6: Japan.- Chapter 7: Lithuania.- Chapter 8: Philippines.- Chapter 9: Slovak Republic.- Chapter 10: South Africa.- Chapter 11: Sweden.- Chapter 12: Uganda.- Chapter 13: Transfers and Local Democracy:  A Comparative Global Perspective.

Juraj Nemec is Professor of Public Finance and Public Management at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Czech Republic and part time Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University, Slovakia. He has served as a member of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration for the United Nations. Michal Plaček is Professor of Public Policy at Charles University, Czech Republic, and a research affiliate at the Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative at Arizona State University, USA. Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy is Emeritus Professor and local government specialist at the School of Management, IT and Governance, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. He is currently the Vice-Chairperson of the Policy and Programme Committee of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences, and also serves on its Council of Administration.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Impact of Fiscal Transfers on Local Democracy.- Chapter 2: Albania.- Chapter 3: Czech Republic.- Chapter 4: India.- Chapter 5: Indonesia.- Chapter 6: Japan.- Chapter 7: Lithuania.- Chapter 8: Philippines.- Chapter 9: Slovak Republic.- Chapter 10: South Africa.- Chapter 11: Sweden.- Chapter 12: Uganda.- Chapter 13: Transfers and Local Democracy:  A Comparative Global Perspective.