Introduction. Local Government Finance: The Challenges of the 21st Century.

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Published as: Jorge Martinez and Paul Smoke. Introduction in <em>Local Government Finance: The Challenges of the 21st Century. </em>United Cities and Local Governments' Second Global Report on Decentralization and Local Democracy, Barcelona 2010.Edward Elgar, 2011. (c) United Cities and Local Governments. Published by <a href="http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/">Edward Elgar</a>. Posted with the permission of the publisher for personal use only.