Financing state and Local Government in Brazil: Recent Trends and Issues.
- Washington : World Bank, 1983.
- World Bank Staff Working papers No. 612 .
Brazils system of inter governmental fiscal relations has, with some main exceptions, remained unchanged for almost two decades. Economic, social and political condtions in the country, however, have undergone profound transformations during the same period. The paper investigates whether the mechanisms, established during the 1960s, for financing state and local governments are still adequate in the 1980s.