Analysing Fiscal Federalism in Global South: South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia and Nepal

Kaur, Gurleen and Chakraborty, Lekha S and Rangan, Divy and Kaur, Amandeep and Farida Jacob, Jannet (2021): Analysing Fiscal Federalism in Global South: South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia and Nepal.

Abstract

This paper examines the fiscal federalism processes in four countries in the global south – viz., South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia and Nepal – focussing on their revenue and expenditure assignments and intergovernmental revenue sharing mechanisms. The significance of focussing on federations in global south is that the processes are still dynamic in terms of “optimal concurrency” in the expenditure and revenue assignments; and “revenue sharing” norms. The common feature of all these federations is the vertical and horizontal fiscal imbalances emanating from the asymmetric revenue and expenditure assignments and in turn identifying and restating the role of intergovernmental fiscal transfers to arrive at economic convergence across jurisdictions.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Federalism , Global South, Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers , South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nepal
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H3 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents; H - Public Economics > H3 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents > H30 - General; H - Public Economics > H7 - State and Local Government ; Intergovernmental Relations > H77 - Intergovernmental Relations ; Federalism ; Secession

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