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3. Financing African Cities: A Fiscal Lens on Urban Governance

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Abstract

Understanding how African cities are governed requires a close look at how they are financed. From a fiscal and financial perspective, the chapter makes several important contributions to our understanding of urban governance in Africa. First, it shows that understanding public finance, in particular revenue, expenditures, and borrowing, is key to understanding urban governance. The design of sub-national fiscal systems, and the ways in which these systems are put into practice, shape how cities are governed, with direct implications for the daily operations and ongoing sustainability of urban areas. Second, the chapter argues that African cities require more dynamic financial tools, mobilising flexible, just and locally empowering sources of revenue. Land-based financing is a good place to begin to improve the revenue streams of city authorities, but must be accompanied by more creative expenditure models, to contend with the limitations of large-scale networked infrastructure and the potential for more hybrid approaches to service delivery.

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Metadaten
Titel
Financing African Cities: A Fiscal Lens on Urban Governance
verfasst von
Liza Rose Cirolia
Copyright-Jahr
2021
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52504-0_3