At a Glance
Program: Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Financial Management
Dates: July 11 -July 30, 2010
Location: Duke University, Durham, NC, U.S.
Duration: Three weeks
Cost: $8,350 USD
Testimonial
"The program helped me put into context everything I had dealt with in the past few years with the USAID Local Government Reform Program, and in that regard, I am now able to combine the practical with the theoretical, and be more effective in my job. [The program] broadened my perspectives in the area of intergovernmental finance policy, and helped me approach the policy issues with much confidence."
Lilijana Ristovska
Intergovernmental Finance Policy Team Leader, Macedonia Local Government Activity, Republic of Macedonia
PFD, 2003
Program on Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Financial Management
The Program on Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Financial Management (PFD) is designed for government officials, policy makers, program managers, politicians and consultants dealing with decentralization reforms. Participants typically include economists, finance managers, administrators and lawyers from central and local governments, research institutions and international agencies.
The program focuses on the theory and practice of fiscal decentralization, and the role of central and local governments in implementing efficient, equitable and accountable decentralization reforms for improving local governance and public service delivery.
Attention is focused on the economic, administrative, and legal dimensions of central-local fiscal relations, with special emphasis on the design and implementation of intergovernmental transfers and local revenue policy and administrative systems.
The program is designed to enable professionals to initiate the policy and administrative reforms needed to rationalize central-local fiscal relations, improve local public financial management and stimulate economic and social development. This program lasts three weeks.
Faculty
PFD is directed by Dr. Roy Kelly, who has over 20 years of international experience designing and implementing intergovernmental public management reforms in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Dr. Kelly is joined by other senior Duke faculty together with experienced practitioners from various international organizations representing different disciplines, perspectives and country experience.
2010 PFD brochure, available soon
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