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Issues in Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in China

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Era Dabla-Norris
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The paper reviews the changing nature of intergovernmental fiscal relations between the provinces and the central government in China over the past two decades and provides an assessment of the success of previous reforms in meeting their objectives. Key existing weaknesses in the current system that undermine these objectives are identified. Alternative instruments, procedures, rules, and incentives that could result in better outcomes are outlined by drawing upon relevant cross-country experiences.

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Paper provided by International Monetary Fund in its series IMF Working Papers with number 05/30.

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Date of creation: 01 Mar 2005
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Keywords: Intergovernmental fiscal relations ; China ; Income distribution ; Fiscal policy ;

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